Git svn does not use the svn credentials

Question

I try to clone a path from our svn repository. The repository is secured with passwords.

I have found some subversion directories on my Windows 10 System and created symlinks for them. So it is only one directory.

I opened the git-bash and started the command

svn checkout --username myuser --password mypassword svn://myserver/myrepository/myproject/trunk

SVN created in the auth/svn.simple directory a file with my credentials. The file starts with

K 8
passtype
V 8
wincrypt
K 8
password
...

The following command is now succesful:

svn update trunk

Now I want to use git-svn:

git svn clone svn://myserver/myrepository/myproject --username myuser

But all I get is the following response:

Initialized empty Git repository in D:/mylocalprojectpath/.git/
W: Item is not readable: Item is not readable at /mingw64/share/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN.pm line 153.
**Error from SVN, (220001): Item is not readable: Item is not readable**

All I have found about this error says that this is an authentication problem. So it seems to me that git svn does not use the stored credentials of svn.

What am I doing wrong? Some suggestions?

Is this about a one-time migration and you only want to use Git afterwards, or do you want to commit back to the SVN repository from the Git clone? — Vampire
– Vampire, Commented Mar 2, 2017 at 10:25

ChillingVan · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-26 02:26:57Z

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The reason why git-svn does not use SVN is that it use the credentials stored at C:\Users\XXXX.subversion, which is created by git-svn but not SVN. In my case, Error from SVN, (220001): Item is not readable: Item is not readable also occur.

The solution is to move the credentials from SVN to git-svn:

Use SVN to check out from server. Remember to save auth. This can create credentials for SVN. The files are stored at C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Subversion.
Remove the .subversion folder which is under user directory C:\Users\XXXXX if it exists. And then copy the C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Subversion folder to C:\Users\XXXXX.
Then rename it to .subversion. Since the name starts with a ".", you may need to rename it in cmd console with "rename" command.
Finally, you can use git-svn clone.

edited Jun 26, 2017 at 2:26

answered Jun 20, 2017 at 0:37

ChillingVan

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ChillingVan Over a year ago

@Gerard I think I answer the question. The issue is about git-svn clone fail. I met the issue too. And it is caused by the git-svn credentials problem. The solution is apply original SVN credentials to git-svn credentials.

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