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From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
To: Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git-svn throwing assertion on old svn tracking branch
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:45:31 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061223064531.GB10460@localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061222094337.GC9595@hermes>

Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 12:38:03AM -0800, Eric Wong wrote:
> > Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 02:35:10AM +0100, Nicolas Vilz wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 05:05:20PM -0800, Eric Wong wrote:
> > > > > Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de> wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > beneath there is svn, version 1.4.2 (r22196) ... on that repository is
> > > > Subversion version 1.1.4 (r13838).
> > > 
> > > i should ammend, that the same error message comes, when i want to
> > > dcommit something in this repository...
> > 
> > Weird, so you have the SVN:: libraries installed? (dcommit requires it).
> > Is the repository you're tracking public?  If so, I'd like to have a
> > look...
> unfortunatelly, its not public...
> 
> I noticed, it is not the step of committing anything, but the step to
> fetch the revisions in the svn tree. I had a workaround last night... I
> used the documentation on Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized
> Repository to reorganize my tree from broken old repository to
> reorganized fresh tree that is working... that all because time was
> running out this night and i had to work something.

So the repository was reorganized?  That could be it...

> I keep the old one as a souvenier... The problem lies somewhere there in
> the old branch. The history is not lost here in any case.

Good to know :)

> I backuped my repository and pruned my tree as you suggested it... I
> connected to that remote repository... and then the assertion came down
> on me. Personally i can live with that reorganized repository. If you
> are really keen on digging the error down to ground, i could try to
> setup something.
> 
> Perhaps back were i worked on that repository, git-svn accessed a little
> different from now....
 
Some things have changed such as allowing access to repositories with
limited read permissions.  I'm not sure how/if that affects you.  If you
have time, can you try going back to revision
30d055aa1e45b4740edc3bfbff77fa5d65e106ff?  Or try bisecting...

-- 
Eric Wong

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-23  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-20 23:55 git-svn throwing assertion on old svn tracking branch Nicolas Vilz
2006-12-21  1:05 ` Eric Wong
2006-12-22  1:35   ` Nicolas Vilz
2006-12-22  2:16     ` Nicolas Vilz
2006-12-22  8:38       ` Eric Wong
2006-12-22  9:43         ` Nicolas Vilz
2006-12-23  6:45           ` Eric Wong [this message]
2007-01-01  2:27   ` Eric Wong
2007-01-05  9:18     ` Nicolas Vilz

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