What does this svn2git error mean?

Question

I am trying to import my repository from svn to git using svn2git, but it seems like it\'s failing when it hits a branch. What\'s the problem?

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Answer 1

I was following some svn to git instructions when I ran into the same error message. The error occurred when I ran this command:

git svn clone file:///pathto/repo /pathto/new-git-repo –-no-metadata -A authors.txt -t tags -b branches -T trunk

After the error occurred, I edited the .git/config-file as follows:

tags = tags/*:refs/remotes/svn/tags/*
branches = branches/*:refs/remotes/svn/*

->

tags = tags/*:refs/remotes/svn/tags/*
branches = branches/*:refs/remotes/svn/branches/*

I.e., I just formatted the "braches" line to be similar to the "tags" line. Then I ran the command again. The process produced a valid git repo with remote branches.