Hello, Attempting to clone a remote svn repo where I don't know all the previous SVN author names. installed msysgit (vista) gitbash, $ mkdir test $ cd test create authors file with a few known authors. $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk ... runs fine until Author: (no author) not defined in authors file edit authors file add line: (no author) = none <email> ------ rerun previous git svn command $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk Using existing [svn-remote "svn"] svn-remote.svn.fetch already set to track :refs/remotes/git-svn It stops. $ vi trunk/.git/config delete line: fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn ----- rerun previous git svn command $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk ... runs fine until Author: Bob not defined in authors file edit authors file add line: Bob = bobby jones <email> ----- rerun previous git svn command $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk Using existing [svn-remote "svn"] svn-remote.svn.fetch already set to track :refs/remotes/git-svn Each time it encounters an SVN committer name that is not in the authors-file it aborts. As expected, edit the authors file and re-run the previous git svn command to continue And it quits with svn-remote.svn.fetch already set to track :refs/remotes/git-svn Would like for it to continue without having to edit the trunk/.get/config file. Did I miss a flag or option? Thank You, >From git-svn(1) --authors-file=<filename> Syntx is compatible with the file used by git cvsimport: loginname If this option is specified and git svn encounters an SVN committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, git svn will abort operation. The user will then have to add the appropriate entry. Re-running the previous git svn command after the authors-file is modified should continue operation. -- 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