Match rules are regular expressions, so if you need to match a backslash you need to double it: \\
-- Nicolás 2017-08-06 15:31 GMT-03:00 John Lawlor <jk.law...@gmail.com>: > Hi Nicolas, > > Thanks so much for your reply. The report has this line: > > fatal: Branch name doesn't conform to GIT standards: > refs/tags/PM_2_2_Iteration2\CruiseControl > > I expect that it's the back slash instead of forward slash: '\' which is > causing problems. > > I had a filter to skip that branch but it doesn't seem to be matching: > > match SharedModules/tags/PM_2_2_Iteration2/ > end match > > and if I try: > > match SharedModules/tags/PM_2_2_Iteration2\ > end match > > That gives me a malformed rule. > > Regards, > John > > > > On 6 August 2017 at 19:11, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> El 6 ago 2017, a las 13:50, John Lawlor <jk.law...@gmail.com> escribió: >> >> Hi, >> >> I converted a SVN repository back in March using svn2git, and it ran fine. >> As the live migration approaches I tried to run the conversion tool again >> and I got a core dump a point in the SVN history that previously was fine. >> When I ran the tool in March it didn't fail at this point: >> >> [...] >> #2 0x00007ffdffe177b4 in qt_message_output >> (msgType=msgType@entry=QtFatalMsg, buf=<optimized out>) at >> global/qglobal.cpp:2323 >> #3 0x00007ffdffe17959 in qt_message(enum QtMsgType, const char *, typedef >> __va_list_tag __va_list_tag *) (msgType=msgType@entry=QtFatalMsg, >> msg=msg@entry=0x438d38 "Failed to write to process: %s", >> ap=ap@entry=0x7fff83b86d60) at global/qglobal.cpp:2369 >> #4 0x00007ffdffe18261 in qFatal (msg=msg@entry=0x438d38 "Failed to write >> to process: %s") at global/qglobal.cpp:2552 >> #5 0x000000000042228d in QIODevice_write (baton=0x2ddc218, >> data=<optimized out>, len=<optimized out>) at svn.cpp:237 >> [...] >> >> This branch was fine the last time I ran the conversion. I can't think >> what the difference might be, it's the same machine that I ran it on in >> March. The only difference I can think of is that I have using Subversion >> 1.8. I can't be sure but I think that svn2git must have a dependency on >> subversion-devel libraries, so if they are a different version that might be >> the cause of the problem. I am not sure though. Any suggestions greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> That looks like git-fast-import quit or crashed, and svn2git suddenly >> finds it can't write to it and calls qFatal. >> >> See if there is any "fast import crash" file (I don't remember the exact >> filename) inside the incomplete git repository. >> >> -- >> Nicolás > >