If the configuration of the user has "diff.color = true", the output from "log" we invoke internally added color codes, which broke the parser. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > We probably should do two things to resolve this. > > * Protect our scripts. When parsing from "git log" and any > other Porcelain, explicitly give --no-color. Here is my attempt -- I do not have an easy access to SVN repo to interoperate with, so a testing by real-world users and an Ack is appreciated. I think some fix for this issue (not necessarily this patch) should be in 1.5.3 final. git-svn.perl | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl index 4e325b7..98218da 100755 --- a/git-svn.perl +++ b/git-svn.perl @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ sub cmt_metadata { sub working_head_info { my ($head, $refs) = @_; - my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe('log', $head); + my ($fh, $ctx) = command_output_pipe('log', '--no-color', $head); my $hash; my %max; while (<$fh>) { @@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ sub rebuild { return; } print "Rebuilding $db_path ...\n"; - my ($log, $ctx) = command_output_pipe("log", $self->refname); + my ($log, $ctx) = command_output_pipe("log", '--no-color', $self->refname); my $latest; my $full_url = $self->full_url; remove_username($full_url); - 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