git fast-import problem converting from CVS with git 1.6.1 and cvs2svn 2.2.0

["Kelly F. Hickel" <kfh@mqsoftware.com>]

Hello all,

Back in June I had done a test convert of our CVS repo using git 1.5.5.1
and cvs2svn 2.2.0 that went reasonably well (although it takes nearly a
week to finish!).  Recently I wanted to try again with the latest
versions of git and cvs2svn.

When I get to the final stage (running git fast-import to build the
converted repo), I get the following output:
cat ../cvs2svn-tmp/git-blob.dat ../cvs2svn-tmp/git-dump.dat | git
fast-import
fatal: Unsupported command: '.
fast-import: dumping crash report to .git/fast_import_crash_19097

The crash is 18MB and I'd rather not post it, but the only bits that
seem somewhat interesting are:
fast-import crash report:
    fast-import process: 19097
    parent process     : 19095
    at Mon Jan 19 11:44:42 2009

fatal: Unsupported command: '.

Most Recent Commands Before Crash
---------------------------------
(...)
  reset refs/tags/T_9772
  from :1000007127
  reset refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP
  
  commit refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP
  mark :1000007128
  committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000
  data 88
* '.


Has anyone got any ideas how to resolve this?

Thanks,





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