From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,URIBL_RED shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758021FF40 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 08:39:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751379AbcFYIjn (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:39:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:38469 "EHLO mail-wm0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751295AbcFYIjk (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:39:40 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f41.google.com with SMTP id r201so51928870wme.1 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:39:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=dVL5nCrvEyyJ/3APsiQL3ezNfq5PctPfr24h7SSd9f4=; b=SAo15zxJnyOD5Hl2digKb9IEkfZ2QGNOncsyV8N3oI1KtL/ZV1MJ2H3nWjw2tJHu/W Ms1WtM+5y18OupnL9lKowBP4t9VUs/hQrVTEaf8WsnZqTmGp6dDoQIMDqH4NgpxicmtG sGtfbTXTPIE4c1bCkUeEL5vx2IcYXHmGTlLe6Z9XNoeznr0hpt+rj4XlXzkJxaJGysBW maXTM3DruRz+spCfcOWPmqQsHScWI2+ho8IMHsIR/e+FVUE0quz8j6tg+RTMDwxx8M33 aANr4OFszpBQ446nDD8G3KTWPmu5U2vl1FqZ099pVDbZqO54nSEOexaJVYVca5IIe7oc hU6Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=dVL5nCrvEyyJ/3APsiQL3ezNfq5PctPfr24h7SSd9f4=; b=Gs5wxfkecCkWR5EHFdtyBaQ1ml8Fh9PuEEgqezuCQ6xW2FazqZStAGr8hxz7p3FvhE ukYDVhQpKPx2OfgobvSy33t6o68XWxpdcOY91s1XHKGJmPMKa1FbeJeqpv9kqgTUO9tt wNpfzZiwjvhT2JxZBTNPk4mfIuzApohfWIDEFQUQZh3Ve5ldEhHdVJltYBcFbiZMlzVx PmYj9QiTFQl2cAWf/DcUkuxSfE8rtdLBKnXBSNDZE76v57hBln9tQUTWVxLxyq+sp5Fo qusLZUf0T2IGbcLx4kK+wdQAN3pvWk8Qs0WlvQUApbbBEG82q54vA42u1mLuQ+SQMGun LLYA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJYS79pvfN1S4kxW/gf88Wwc7r+IE8FdI+lNoXXHsrj1rr+h4P2s/5d+eRflOVGJ4yBD3w+KK0wMSvHEg== X-Received: by 10.28.129.208 with SMTP id c199mr1794312wmd.79.1466843971422; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:39:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.25.197 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:39:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160624200603.GA28498@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20160624193548.GA22070@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20160624200603.GA28498@dcvr.yhbt.net> From: Christian Couder Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:39:30 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: git-svn aborts with "Use of uninitialized value $u" when a non-svn-backed branch is present in remote To: Eric Wong Cc: Jacob Godserv , Christian Couder , git Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Eric Wong wrote: > Please don't drop Cc:, re-adding git@vger and Christian > > Jacob Godserv wrote: >> > Christian (Cc-ed) also noticed the problem a few weeks ago >> > and took a more drastic approach by having git-svn die >> > instead of warning: >> > http://mid.gmane.org/1462604323-18545-1-git-send-email-chriscool@tuxfamily.org >> > which landed as commit 523a33ca17c76bee007d7394fb3930266c577c02 >> > in git.git: https://bogomips.org/mirrors/git.git/patch?id=523a33ca17c7 >> > >> > Is dying here too drastic and maybe warn is preferable? >> >> In my opinion this is too drastic. It keeps me from storing >> git-specific data on a git-svn mirror. > > I tend to agree, but will wait to see what Christian thinks. Yeah a warning is probably enough. Another possibility would be to default to an error that tells people about a configuration variable that could let them decide depending on their workflow if this should be an error, a warning or just be ignored.