Re: git-svn aborts with "Use of uninitialized value $u" when a non-svn-backed branch is present in remote

[Jacob Godserv <jacobgodserv@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Jacob Godserv <jacobgodserv@gmail.com> wrote:
> I found a specific case in which git-svn improperly aborts:
>
> 1. I created a git-svn repository, named "git-svn repo", by cloned an
> svn repository via the git-svn tool.
> 2. I created a normal git repository, named "configuration repo". I
> renamed the master branch to "configuration". The initial commit adds
> a README and some utility scripts.
> 3. I created a bare repository, named "master repo".
> 4. I pushed from the git-svn repo to the master repo.
> 5. I pushed from the configuration repo to the master repo.
>
> The idea is the configuration branch, which is detached from any
> git-svn history, can contain some useful tools, defaults, etc., that I
> can share with teammates who want to use git on this svn project. It's
> an odd use of git, but it has been working well.
>
> However, a vanilla distribution of Git for Windows 2.5.2 produces the
> following error when running any git-svn command, such as "git svn
> info", on the cloned master repo:
>
> Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at
> /mingw64/share/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN.pm line 105.
> Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at
> /mingw64/share/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN.pm line 105.
> refs/remotes/origin/configuration: 'svn+ssh://10.0.1.1/repos/projectA'
> not found in ''
>
> In the mentioned SVN.pm file, after the line:
>
>                         my $u = (::cmt_metadata("$refname"))[0];
>
> I added the following four lines:
>
>                         if (not defined $u) {
>                                 warn "W: $refname does not exist in
> SVN; skipping";
>                                 next;
>                         }
>
> git-svn appears to operate correctly with this patch. This is my first
> time ever editing a perl script, so I apologize if I murdered an
> adorable animal just now.
>
> I'm sending this in so more knowledgeable git-svn developers can
> comment on this and fix this in the official distribution of git,
> assuming there is a bug here to fix.
>
> --
>     Jacob

This e-mail has gone ignored several months. Is the maintainer of
git-svn on this mailing list? Should I submit this issue elsewhere?

-- 
    Jacob