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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt8
-rwxr-xr-xgit-svn.perl20
-rwxr-xr-xt/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh10
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 7b654f7928..3d456545d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@ svn-remote.<name>.rewriteRoot::
the repository with a public http:// or svn:// URL in the
metadata so users of it will see the public URL.
+svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
+This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround broken symlinks
+checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this option to "false" if you
+track a SVN repository with many empty blobs that are not symlinks.
+This option may be changed while "git-svn" is running and take effect on
+the next revision fetched. If unset, git-svn assumes this option to be
+"true".
+
--
Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 79888a05c4..bebcbdea20 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -3271,10 +3271,18 @@ sub new {
# do_{switch,update}
sub _mark_empty_symlinks {
my ($git_svn) = @_;
+ my $bool = Git::config_bool('svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround');
+ return {} if (defined($bool) && ! $bool);
+
my %ret;
my ($rev, $cmt) = $git_svn->last_rev_commit;
return {} unless ($rev && $cmt);
+ # allow the warning to be printed for each revision we fetch to
+ # ensure the user sees it. The user can also disable the workaround
+ # on the repository even while git svn is running and the next
+ # revision fetched will skip this expensive function.
+ my $printed_warning;
chomp(my $empty_blob = `git hash-object -t blob --stdin < /dev/null`);
my ($ls, $ctx) = command_output_pipe(qw/ls-tree -r -z/, $cmt);
local $/ = "\0";
@@ -3283,6 +3291,18 @@ sub _mark_empty_symlinks {
while (<$ls>) {
chomp;
s/\A100644 blob $empty_blob\t//o or next;
+ unless ($printed_warning) {
+ print STDERR "Scanning for empty symlinks, ",
+ "this may take a while if you have ",
+ "many empty files\n",
+ "You may disable this with `",
+ "git config svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround ",
+ "false'.\n",
+ "This may be done in a different ",
+ "terminal without restarting ",
+ "git svn\n";
+ $printed_warning = 1;
+ }
my $path = $_;
my (undef, $props) =
$git_svn->ra->get_file($pfx.$path, $rev, undef);
diff --git a/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh b/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
index 704a4f8574..20529a878c 100755
--- a/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
@@ -87,4 +87,14 @@ test_expect_success '"bar" is an empty file' 'test -f x/bar && ! test -s x/bar'
test_expect_success 'get "bar" => symlink fix from svn' \
'(cd x && git svn rebase)'
test_expect_success '"bar" becomes a symlink' 'test -L x/bar'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'clone using git svn' 'git svn clone -r1 "$svnrepo" y'
+test_expect_success 'disable broken symlink workaround' \
+ '(cd y && git config svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround false)'
+test_expect_success '"bar" is an empty file' 'test -f y/bar && ! test -s y/bar'
+test_expect_success 'get "bar" => symlink fix from svn' \
+ '(cd y && git svn rebase)'
+test_expect_success '"bar" does not become a symlink' '! test -L y/bar'
+
test_done