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 1.7.12, svn 1.6.12 (debian) Greets Mark -- 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