Assertion failed on git-svn checkout

Question

I'm trying to checkout a svn repository with git using the following command on Windows 7:

git.exe svn clone "https://..." "D:\repo" 

However, no matter what other options I try to use, the following error occurs:

svn: E235000: In file 'subversion/bindings/swig/perl/libsvn_swig_perl/swigutil_pl.c' line 1666: assertion failed (get_current_pool_cb != NULL)

I am using the newest git version 2.27.0

Any ideas what could be the issue here? Is ist possible, that the https authentication of the svn link is the reason for this?

I also have svn version 1.13.0 installed. Can there be incompatibel cross references between svn and git?

Answer 1

I have the exact same issue on Windows 10 and sadly no real solution for you. But maybe it helps in the meantime to install the prior version 2.26.2. Link

In my case it "solved" the problem until a proper solution is found.

Update (2020-07-21):

Currently a release candidate for version 2.28.0 exists where this problem was fixed. Link

Answer 2

This is a known bug in the 2.27.0 Release and is Fixed in Higher Versions See https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2649

Until then you can roll back to 2.26.2 if you are unwilling to take a prerelease (it is fixed as of the July 7th 2020 Prerelease).