Re: git-svn "Temp file with moniker 'svn_delta' already in use" and skelta mode

[David Rothenberger <daveroth@acm.org>]

On 7/5/2013 6:01 PM, Kyle McKay wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2013, at 16:07, David Rothenberger wrote:
>> On 7/5/2013 3:58 PM, Kyle McKay wrote:
>>> On Jul 5, 2013, at 13:48, David Rothenberger wrote:
>>>> I recently upgraded my Subversion server to 1.8.0 and started
>>>> receiving the following error from "git svn fetch":
>>>>
>>>> Temp file with moniker 'svn_delta' already in use at
>>>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10/Git.pm line 1024.
>>>>
>>>> This occurs only when using an http:// URL; svn:// URLs work fine.
>>> [snip]
>>>> The client is Cygwin: svn version 1.8.0 and git version
>>>> 1.8.3.2.
>>>
>>> The subversion 1.8 release has removed the neon library, all svn client
>>> http access now always goes through the serf library.  If you put
>>> "http-library = serf" in the "[global]" section of the
>>> "~/.subversion/servers" file you will get the 'svn_delta' error with
>>> git-svn when running earlier versions of the svn client as well.
>>
>> That was not my experience. I did try this with the 1.7 perl bindings
>> and libraries and with "http-library = serf" in by servers and it worked
>> fine. I confirmed that serf was being used with a Wireshark trace.
> 
> I had it always fail right away from my home ISP (kinda slow
> connection), but when running on a host with quite a different internet
> connection it would sometimes run for a while before generating the
> error (maybe a couple hundred revisions fetched) for some sources, but
> it would *always* eventually fail.
> 
> For this reason I also believe the problem is timing sensitive.
> 
> Try doing "git svn clone --quiet
> http://dev.heuristiclab.com/svn/hl/core" with "~/.subversion/servers"
> section "[global]" including "http_library = serf".  I find this one
> always seems to fail right away for me with git-svn over serf but will
> clone fine over neon (if you can stand to wait long enough).

Yes, you're right. That one fails for me too with 1.7, although I note
that the server itself is running 1.5. Still, the reason is the same --
a non-depth-first drive of the delta editor from serf.

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