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From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: git svn errors out with git-cat-file "usage" message
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:25:53 +0200
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Avery Pennarun venit, vidit, dixit 29.04.2009 20:50:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Martin Langhoff
> <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Steps to repro, and error message:
>>
>> $  git svn clone -T trunk --ignore-paths releases
>> http://paintweb.googlecode.com/svn paintweb.git
>> r3 = 30548c9192aefcde23337f70542ab59e193a1b9e (trunk)
>> usage: git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1>
>> fatal: unable to run 'git-svn'
>> $ git version
>> git version 1.6.2.4.10.g2254d <== this is maint as of right now
>>
>> The same problem exists with master as of right now (v1.6.3-rc3-12-gb79376c)
> 
> I just tried this (commit 2254d) and was unable to reproduce; it
> worked fine for me (Debian etch).
> 
>   git svn clone -T trunk --ignore-paths releases
> http://paintweb.googlecode.com/svn paintweb.git
>   ...
>   r6 = 8561205fe08e0bcefb592710f4e34db91f3099df (trunk)
>   Checked out HEAD:
>     http://paintweb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk r6
> 
> Maybe you can try 'git bisect' to narrow it down.

Works here as well, with git version 1.6.3.rc3 and svn, Version 1.5.4
(r33841) on Fedora 10.

Given the versions that fail for Martin and work for Avery and me I
would think it's not a git issue but rather a matter of the svn version
resp. the svn perl bindingds.

Michael