[Bug 1403767] Re: Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 106.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at
  /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 106.

Status in git package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I am running git-svn to convert a large repository on Sourceforge. I
  often get this error:

  Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
  Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 106.

  Workaround is editing .git/config and deleting all lines with branches
  and tags in the [svn-remote] section, but I have to do this very
  often.

  The error occurs while using the svn2git wrapper (https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git) and also while using git svn directly. The error is reported more than once on the svn2git issue tracker on github, on different lines, but I did not find any reference of anyone reporting this upstream to get it fixed, so that is why I am filing this bug.
  This is the issue at line 106: https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git/issues/99 - first seen 2 years ago. The relevant part of the code hasn't changed since then.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.10
  Release:	14.10

  $ apt-cache policy git-svn
  git-svn:
    Installed: 1:2.1.3-1
    Candidate: 1:2.1.3-1
    Version table:
   *** 1:2.1.3-1 0
          500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:2.1.0-1 0
          990 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe amd64 Packages
       1:1.9.1-1 0
          500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
       1:1.8.3.2-1 0
          500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages

  What I expect to happen: git-svn initalizes value $u before it gets
  used.

  I searched for "Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///)
  at /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 106." on Launchpad and Askubuntu,
  but did not find any previous reports of this issue.

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