This was reported as Debian bug #464713. An example repository can be found at svn://svn.debian.org/chinese/packages/lunar-applet. When I try to clone it with 1.6.0.2.229.g1293c or 1.5.6.5, both using 1.5.1 libraries, I see the following: r158 = 1107cff6309c979751e0841d40b9e2e471694b26 (git-svn@159) M debian/changelog M debian/rules r159 = 010d0b481753bd32ce0255ce433d63e14114d3b6 (git-svn@159) Found branch parent: (git-svn) 010d0b481753bd32ce0255ce433d63e14114d3b6 Following parent with do_switch Malformed network data: Malformed network data at /home/alec/local/git/libexec/git-core//git-svn line 2360 It looks like the user made several commits and decided to undo them by removing the directory and copying an older version in its place. This appears to only affect access via svn:// and svn+ssh://; I tried with file:// but not with http://. The first patch is a minor refactoring of some test code, and the second one actually fixes the issue for me. -- 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