= Overview / analysis of failing bzr-git imports =

An attempt to classify persistently failing bzr-git code imports by cause.

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== Bazaar does not support something present in Git  ==

=== Nested trees ===
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/nationbuilder/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~videolan/vlc/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/qemu/git
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/qemu-kvm/git
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/openlibrary/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/midori/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/pitivi/trunk-git
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~mdke/gnome-user-docs/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/gammu/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/chef/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/karma/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/coreutils/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/rainbow/mstone-trunk-new
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/eina/main-github
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~kiko/gstreamer/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/xmms2/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/xmms2/stable
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/parted/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~nodejs/nodejs/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~emesene-team/emesene/emesene2
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~andrewsomething/python-gst/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/f-spot/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/banshee/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/m4/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~nixeagle/nisp/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~davidstrauss/hiphop-php/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/smuxi/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/leechcraft/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/gnusto/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/gitorious/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/git-python/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/telepathy-gabble/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~videolan/vlc/vlc-1.1
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~ladi-team/ladish/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/telepathy-gabble/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~videolan/vlc/vlc-1.1
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~egon-geerardyn-gmail/thesis-egon/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~deluge-team/deluge/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~constructions-incongrues/sfextraloggersplugin/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/sed/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/anubis/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/bison/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/gzip/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mumble/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/gitit/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~piotrgaliszewski/kadu/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~davidstrauss/pheanstalk/trunk

=== uses backslashes in filenames ===

 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/uvsim/main
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~codealot-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount/ushahidi/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/bash-completion/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~wgrant/lintian/master
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~rblasch/antlr/trunk

=== arbitrary, non-utf8, string in filenames ===

 * http://launchpadlibrarian.net/53559404/vcs-imports-get2gnow-trunk.log

=== colocated branch ===

 * https://code.launchpad.net/~thisfred/couchdb/canonical
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/ctdb/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~registry/wifi-radar/trunk
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~canola/canola/canola-ubuntu-one

== bzr-git bugs ==

=== no support for smart server protocol over http (github) ===

 * https://code.launchpad.net/~soren/ozone/trunk-fail
 * https://code.launchpad.net/~get2gnow/get2gnow-microblog/Development

=== RevisionNotPresent ===

 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mesa/master:
bzrlib.errors.RevisionNotPresent: Revision {('bin/minstall', 'git-v1:c9795c6ca253b25b2b15967b064f32d9b822a1c8')} not present in "CHKInventoryRepository('file:///srv/importd.launchpad.net/data/worker-for-branch-160021/bzr_branch/.bzr/repository/')".

== Some analysis done, culprit uncertain ==

=== server returns HTML (no 404) on file not found ===

 * https://code.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/democracy/trunk