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

Question

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

git svn fetch -r REVISION:HEAD

where REVISION is t

Answer 1

For those who were not satisfied with the solution above :

ISSUE : svn+ssh://svn.xxxxxxx.com/svnroot/strategy/products/mysoftware hangs on :

Initialized empty Git repository in [MyLocalRepositoryPath]

SOLUTION: Insert

username@

in front of svn url

svn+ssh://username@svn.xxxxxxx.com/svnroot/strategy/products/mysoftware