On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 11:37:00 AM UTC+2, Mark Plomer wrote: > > Hi, > if I clone a SVN repository with --preserve-empty-dirs it terminates at > some point with i.e. following error: > folder/subfolder was not found in commit > 2dcb008c220f5f6fe33700c9e7deb0c8fa2b8607 (r4) > > I tracked things down to the following problem: > - r1: Create a directory with subdirectory with a file > - r2: Remove the file (so it generates a virtual .gitignore) > - r3: Rename subdirectory > - r4: Add a symlink named like the old subdirectory > > -> In GIT the symlink is actually not a symlink but a folder with the > ".gitignore" file ... which break things later when changing symlink > > > # Simple reproduce script: > svnadmin create test-svn-repo > svn co file://`pwd`/test-svn-repo test-svn-wc > > mkdir -p test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder > touch test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder/file.txt > svn add test-svn-wc/* > svn ci -m 'Initial commit' test-svn-wc > > svn rm test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder/file.txt > svn ci -m 'Removed file.txt' test-svn-wc > > svn up test-svn-wc > svn mv test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder2 > svn ci -m 'Renamed subfolder' test-svn-wc > > svn up test-svn-wc > ln -s subfolder2 test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder > svn add test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder > svn ci -m 'Added subfolder symlink' test-svn-wc > > rm -f test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder > ln -s changedlink test-svn-wc/folder/subfolder > svn ci -m 'Changed symlink' test-svn-wc > > > git svn clone --preserve-empty-dirs file://`pwd`/test-svn-repo test-git > # this throws error: folder/subfolder was not found in commit > 2dcb008c220f5f6fe33700c9e7deb0c8fa2b8607 (r4) > > > Tested with git 1.7.10 (debian backports), svn 1.6.12 (debian) > > Greets Mark >
This sounds complicated enough to be an actual bug in git-svn itself. You should report it at the developer mailing list: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#git -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/da3rUSUDxvcJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
