I solved it: it has to do with the core.autocrlf=input core.safecrlf=true settings I had in my global config. Maybe the manual page should warn against having these defined? Ferry On Mon, February 16, 2009 10:17, Ferry Huberts (Pelagic) wrote: > Hi list, > > when I try to import a CVS repo with: > > git cvsimport -v -i \ > -d :pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/javagroups \ > JGroups > > I'm getting the errors: > > New tests/other/org/jgroups/tests/adapttcp/Test.java: 5914 bytes > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 674, <CVS> line 652. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 674, <CVS> line 652. > fatal: malformed index info 100666 src/org/jgroups/util/RWLock.java > unable to write to git-update-index: at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 679, <CVS> line 652. > > > I've seen this before when trying to import other repositories. > And since I'm not good with Perl I was wondering whether this sounds familiar > and if there's a fix for it. > > I'm on Fedora 10 with the following packages: > git.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-all.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-arch.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-cvs.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-daemon.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-email.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-gui.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > git-svn.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > gitk.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > gitosis.noarch 0.2-6.20080825git.fc10 > gitweb.x86_64 1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > > > > Ferry > -- 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
