Command failed (output redirection?)

[krmaxwell]

Got the following error:

$ svn2git http://bletchley.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
command failed:
2>&1 git checkout -f master

[hsn10]

use --verbose to see what is wrong

[hsn10]

fbsd9:~/jade-plugins> svn2git svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/jade-plugins/code/ --verbose
Running command: git svn init --prefix=svn/ --no-metadata --trunk=trunk --tags=tags --branches=branches svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/jade-plugins/code/
Running command: git svn fetch
Running command: git branch -l --no-color
* master
Running command: git branch -r --no-color
  svn/1.1
  svn/1.2
  svn/1.3-old
  svn/alphacsp-plugins
  svn/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.5
  svn/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.6
  svn/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.6-SNAPSHOT
  svn/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.x
  svn/alphacsp-plugins.trunk
  svn/maven.jboss
  svn/old-trunk
  svn/tags/1.1.1
  svn/tags/1.1.2
  svn/tags/1.2.1
  svn/tags/1.2.2
  svn/tags/1.3.1
  svn/tags/1.3.2
  svn/tags/1.3.3
  svn/tags/1.3.3@272
  svn/tags/1.3.5
  svn/tags/1.3.6
  svn/tags/1.3.7
  svn/tags/1.3.8
  svn/tags/1.4-alpha1
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.6.3
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.6.4
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.2.6.7
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.0.1
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.0.2
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.0.3
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.1
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.2
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.3.3
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0.1
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0.1@414
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0.2
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0.2@425
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0.2@431
  svn/tags/alphacsp-plugins.1.4.0@410
  svn/tags/freehep.2.0-acs-7
  svn/tags/freehep.2.0-acs-7@146
  svn/tags/jade-native-1.0.0
  svn/tags/jade-native-1.0.0@250
  svn/tags/jade-native-1.0.0@261
  svn/tags/jxr-jdk5
  svn/tags/jxr-jdk5@263
  svn/trunk
  svn/trunk@275
Running command: git branch --track "1.1" "remotes/svn/1.1"
fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; starting point 'remotes/svn/1.1' is not a branch.
command failed:
2>&1 git branch --track "1.1" "remotes/svn/1.1"

[greened]

I am seeing the same. This indicates it might be related to changes after git 1.8.1.3.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17852249/svn2git-cannot-setup-tracking-information

[greened]

Possibly related to this in branch.c?

static int check_tracking_branch(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data)
{
char *tracking_branch = cb_data;
struct refspec query;
memset(&query, 0, sizeof(struct refspec));
query.dst = tracking_branch;
return !(remote_find_tracking(remote, &query) ||
prefixcmp(query.src, "refs/heads/"));
}

static int validate_remote_tracking_branch(char *ref)
{
return !for_each_remote(check_tracking_branch, ref);
}

From a diff of v1.8.1.3 and v1.8.3.4. Looks like it verifies whether the branch exists on the remote but we don't have a remote yet after the svn fetch.

This was introduced in git 1.8.3.2

[greened]

Confirmed that it all works with git 1.8.3.1. That doesn't mean the code I pointed to is the problem, but it's a strong suggestion.

[aleskovets]

Having the same issue with git 1.8.4.

[stephenyeargin]

#136 sounds related.

[stephenyeargin]

Confirming that downgrading git to 1.8.3.1 worked for me as well.

[marcellodesales]

Same problem here... Git 1.8.5...

[chrisdembia]

I have this issue with git version 1.8.3.2.

[DanielRuf]

Changing this line https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git/blob/master/lib/svn2git/migration.rb#L319
from run_command("git branch --track \"#{branch}\" \"remotes/svn/#{branch}\"")
to run_command("git branch \"#{branch}\" \"remotes/svn/#{branch}\"")
should fix it.

At least it works now for me without any issues.

you can find the migration.rb file on Windows under C:\Ruby200-x64\lib\ruby\gems\2.0.0\gems\svn2git-2.2.2\lib\svn2git or something like this