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Why does "git svn fetch" command seem to be stuck and does nothing?

EDIT: Workaround. Now we understand the issue, here is the solution: do

git svn fetch -r REVISION:HEAD

where REVISION is the number of the svn commit of the branch creation.

I've been happy using git svn to work on the trunk of my project for a while, but now I need to track branches also.

I've tried to initialize a new repository to do that with

git init
git svn init https://svnserver/svn/repository

Then I edit the local configuration file to reflect the structure of my svn repository:

[svn-remote "svn"]
    url = https://svnserver/svn/repository
    fetch = path/to/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk
    branches = path/to/branches/*:refs/remotes/branches/*

Then I run 

git svn fetch

And this command just does nothing:

  • It does not terminates
  • It does not write anything in the console output
  • It does not use any CPU, nor create files

I gave up after 10 minutes

I've checked that the svn repository is working, because git svn fetch works perfectly on my git repository where I track only the trunk.

Is this a bug or am I missing something here ?

Solution

  • It becomes verbose after fetching the first relevant commit.

    But until it fetches that commit, you can ensure the command is working properly by checking the .git\svn\.metadata file. The lines branches-maxRev = 123 and tags-maxRev = 123 will keep updating and increasing their numbers as it works.