Why does "git svn fetch" command seem to be stuck and does nothing?
git, git-svn
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.
Problem
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 ?