error cloning svn repository

From: Kurt Harriger <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:24

I'm getting the following error attempting to clone an svn repository.

$ git svn clone -s https://npanday.svn.codeplex.com/svn/ npanday

Initialized empty Git repository in /home/kurtharriger/npanday/.git/

fatal: Not a valid object name ls-tree -r --name-only -z : command 
returned error: 128
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