> see these commands, or something else. Could you try again with > GIT_TRACE=/absolute/path/to/some/where instead of GIT_TRACE=2 and post > the content of /abso../some/where? It looks the same as far as I can see: $ GIT_TRACE=/tmp/git-trace git svn fetch fatal: unordered stage entries in index write-tree: command returned error: 128 $ egrep -i 'read|tree|update|index' /tmp/git-trace 13:26:08.169921 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'write-tree' $ cat /tmp/git-trace 09:26:07.402735 git.c:557 trace: exec: 'git-svn' 'fetch' 09:26:07.402784 run-command.c:351 trace: run_command: 'git-svn' 'fetch' 09:26:07.688866 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--show-prefix' 13:26:07.691207 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--git-dir' 13:26:07.693228 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--show-cdup' 13:26:07.695594 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.quiet' 13:26:07.697279 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.authorsprog' 13:26:07.699030 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.ignorepaths' 13:26:07.700914 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.authorsfile' 13:26:07.702872 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.followparent' 13:26:07.704949 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.configdir' 13:26:07.706674 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.localtime' 13:26:07.708590 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.useSvmProps' 13:26:07.710669 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.useSvnsyncProps' 13:26:07.712602 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.noauthcache' 13:26:07.714527 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.username' 13:26:07.716257 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--int' '--get' 'svn.logwindowsize' 13:26:07.717872 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.noMetadata' 13:26:07.719905 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.ignorerefs' 13:26:07.721623 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.includepaths' 13:26:07.723485 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.nocheckout' 13:26:07.725441 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.addauthorfrom' 13:26:07.727125 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.repackflags' 13:26:07.729179 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--int' '--get' 'svn.repack' 13:26:07.731143 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.uselogauthor' 13:26:07.733139 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.parent' 13:26:07.734911 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' '--get' 'svn.fetchall' 13:26:07.736992 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn.revision' 13:26:07.739398 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--symbolic' '--all' 13:26:07.744514 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '-l' 13:26:07.746770 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '-l' 13:26:07.749108 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--bool' 'svn.useSvmProps' 13:26:07.751613 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '-l' 13:26:07.907707 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--int' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.branches-maxRev' 13:26:07.910171 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--int' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.tags-maxRev' 13:26:07.912608 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.url' 13:26:07.915539 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.pushurl' 13:26:07.917825 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.uuid' 13:26:07.919620 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--verify' 'refs/remotes/trunk^0' 13:26:07.923752 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--pretty=raw' '--reverse' '74332b7d653cde7ba3b999cc7b0adcfd9d924440..refs/remotes/trunk' '--' 13:26:07.926128 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.rewriteRoot' 13:26:07.928707 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.rewriteUUID' 13:26:07.933621 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'cat-file' '--batch' 13:26:08.150396 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' 'svn-remote.svn.branches-maxRev' '231655' 13:26:08.152963 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' 'svn-remote.svn.tags-maxRev' '231655' 13:26:08.155457 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--verify' 'refs/remotes/trunk^0' 13:26:08.158789 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.usesvmprops' 13:26:08.160929 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get' 'svn-remote.svn.nometadata' 13:26:08.164778 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'cat-file' 'commit' '74332b7d653cde7ba3b999cc7b0adcfd9d924440' 13:26:08.169921 git.c:348 trace: built-in: git 'write-tree' ��.n��������+%������w��{.n��������n�r������&��z�ޗ�zf���h���~����������_��+v���)ߣ�