Checking out an SVN repository using Git - Fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' error

Question

Hey guys,

I'm trying to check out a svn repository using git.

I'm using the following command:

git.exe svn clone "https://svn.outserver.net:8443/svn/someProject"

I accept the certificate, and the repository transfer starts. After a while, say 15min, I get a "fatal: unable to run "git-svn"". I have tried pulling down multiple times, but I always get this error message. (When it happens .. seems to be completely random).

Also, I cannot continue a transfer after it has failed, instead of have to delete the .git directory and start over. (Or else I get a "error: More that one value for the key svn-remote.svn.fetch").

Any suggestions, other then not using https? (I'm assuming that that's the problem).

Also I was unable to determine a solution from the following post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1084816/fatal-unable-to-run-git-svn

Thanks!

Answer 1

If it is random it sounds like a network issue. Is the network dropping packets? Does that cause a dropped connection? Try cloning from a reliable connection. Or try making a copy closer with another tool like svnsync and clone from that. Then you'll probably have to hack a bit on git-svn so that it'll work with another repository URL...