Re: Found possible branch point, then "Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution/concatenation"

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Thierry Suzanne [off-list ref] wrote:

Sorry, can't help :(

I just sent a patch. It would be nice if you could test it to confirm
that you get a nicer error message.

Also please reply below other people's comments, as customary on this list.

On 7 May 2016 at 08:07, Christian Couder [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Thierry Suzanne [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Sorry, can't help :(

I just sent a patch. It would be nice if you could test it to confirm
that you get a nicer error message.

Also please reply below other people's comments, as customary on this list.

Hi,

Amended my local svn.pm file with your 2 lines.

First time:
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C:\code\myproduct\trunk>git svn clone
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct --no-metadata -A
c:\temp\svn_to_git_users.txt
--trunk=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct
--tags=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/tags
--branches=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/branches
c:\code\Git_TestPatch
[....]
W: +empty_dir: branches/20080918_DBDEPLOY/vendor/src/csharp/MS WCSF
Contrib/src/Extensions/Silverlight
W: +empty_dir: branches/20080918_DBDEPLOY/vendor/src/csharp/MS WCSF
Contrib/src/Services
W: +empty_dir: branches/20080918_DBDEPLOY/vendor/src/csharp/RealWorldControls/References
r530 = c276e3b039d8e38759c6fb17443349732552d7a2 (refs/remotes/origin/trunk)
Found possible branch point:
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/trunk =>
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/branches/20080918_DBDEPLOY,
529
Initializing parent: refs/remotes/origin/20080918_DBDEPLOY@529
W: +empty_dir: trunk/etc
W: +empty_dir: trunk/src/csharp
[...]
W: +empty_dir: trunk/test
W: +empty_dir: trunk/vendor
r5 = c71eabc20ff1f4e3fd728727470a2fa5a3802891
(refs/remotes/origin/20080918_DBDEPLOY@529)
        A       src/database/tables/IllustrationRow.tbl
        A       src/database/tables/LegalEntity.tbl
        [...]
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No error!
Ctrl+C to interrupt, ran exact same command again, this time the new error:
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C:\code\myproduct\trunk>git svn clone
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct --no-metadata -A
c:\temp\svn_to_git_users.txt
--trunk=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct
--tags=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/tags
--branches=https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/branches
c:\code\Git_TestPatch
Found possible branch point:
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/trunk =>
https://mycompany.svn.beanstalkapp.com/myproduct/branches/20080918_DBDEPLOY,
529
refs/remotes/origin/20080918_DBDEPLOY@529: no associated commit metadata

C:\code\myproduct\trunk>
------------------

So the repro steps are potentially different. Anyway, thanks for
taking interest and handling the error nicely.

For the error message, as a beginner end user converting svn to git,
the message "no associated commit metadata" doesn't really make me
think my command line is wrong. But I'm sure with time this message
will appear on stackoverflow with its true meaning :-)

Thanks,
T