Hi, Looks like there might be a bug in SVN import code. Here is the command that fails > git svn clone --username anonymous svn://powhegbox.mib.infn.it/trunk/POWHEG-BOX r217 = 2e6cdb1f4604b2256195590fa8275632971eac42 (refs/remotes/git-svn) M lhefread.f M Z_plus_jet/Born.f M Z_plus_jet/powheg.input M Z_plus_jet/init_processes.f D JJ/madgraph_3_flavours/born/nexternal.inc write .git/Git_svn_hash_bl5Cj3: Bad file descriptor at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.20.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/SVN/Ra.pm line 623. Tested on: git-svn version 2.3.0.rc2 (svn 1.8.11) - FAIL git-svn version 2.2.2 (svn 1.8.10) - FAIL git-svn version 1.8.4.5 (svn 1.8.11) - WORKS PS unfortunately I don't have admin access to SVN repository With best regards, Valery Yundin. -- 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