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

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

(Sorry for the mangled quotes)

> That is strange.  The command "data 88" should read the next 88 bytes
and 
> not stop at the line starting with '. 
> 
> Just to test, I successfully imported this: 
> 
> -- snip -- 
> commit refs/heads/testing/test 
> mark :1 
> committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000 
> data 3 
> '. 
> 
> -- snap -- 
> 
> So I guess the problem lies much earlier: I could imagine that there
is 
> _another_ "data" command that has a bogus length and just happens to
end 
> after the line "data 88". 
> 
> Maybe that helps? 
> 
> I could also imagine that the '. actually is the end of an example 
> inside a blob, that literally looks like a fast-import script, but 
> actually is not meant for _this_ fast-import run. 
> 
> Ciao, 
> Dscho 
> 
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> 
> From: Daniel Barkalow 
> Can you find that part of the input? I wouldn't be too surprised if 
> something were giving the wrong length in a data command, causing it
to 
> either eat another data command and end up in the data or to use 
> not-quite-all of the data and end up near the end of the data. 
> 
>         -Daniel 
> *This .sig left intentionally blank* 
> 
>

I found the section in question, it is:
-- snip --
commit refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP
mark :1000007128
committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000
data 88
This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag
'T_BU_Problem_9xxx_Merge_3-21-2000'.
merge :1000007126
M 100755 :180810 mfcdev/Domedit/DlgAddAlias.h
-- snap --

By my count, 88 is the ending single quote character, leaving the '.' to
be interpreted as a command.

Looks like I should go post this on the cvs2svn list.....


Thanks!


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