On 06/10/09 18:05, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > Hello, > > using git v1.6.3.1 from Debian I fail to successfully run > > git svn clone svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6 > > It runs for some time and then ends in: > > ... > r4695 = f552d98386b301cbeaa3b5a20f9e9d5d3c9c4886 (git-svn) > M debian/arch/alpha/defines > r4696 = 18c0a37de057d24955b66e8f49db0791f6018288 (git-svn) > Found possible branch point: svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6 => svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6, 4731 > Initializing parent: git-svn@4731 > W: Ignoring error from SVN, path probably does not exist: (160013): Filesystem has no item: File not found: revision 101, path '/dists/sid/linux-2.6' > W: Do not be alarmed at the above message git-svn is just searching aggressively for old history. > This may take a while on large repositories > Found possible branch point: svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/sid/kernel/linux-2.6 => svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6, 4094 > Initializing parent: git-svn@4094 > Found branch parent: (git-svn@4731) e71da640593b63647fb23f915acee03f02fbaa98 > Following parent with do_switch > Invalid filesystem path syntax: Cannot replace a directory from within at /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn line 4388 I have run into a similar problem, both with Git 1.7.0 as well as with Git via Git. Has anybody been able to work around this? Is anybody working on a fix? Thanks, Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html