Not able to run git svn command in windows

Question

git svn command is not working in windows. I have downloaded the latest stable version(2.33.0.2) of git for windows. I'm getting the following error while executing the git svn command. It is strange to see that it is looking for Perl libraries in unix style path while on windows. Please help me resolve the issue.

Error message after executing git svn:

Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/SVN/_Core/_Core.dll' for module SVN::_Core: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/DynaLoader.pm line 193. at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/SVN/Base.pm line 59. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/SVN/Core.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Utils.pm line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Utils.pm line 6. Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 32. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line 32. Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-svn line 64. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-svn line 64.

Answer 1

There is a bug report available for the broken git svn command, see https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/3392 and https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/3403.

Try the latest git for windows snapshot, look here https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/index.html).

Answer 2

As a workaround, you can grab the missing msys-expat-1.dll from MSYS64 or a slightly older Git installation package and place it in C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin (or whatever your path is).