Subgit --authors-file not mapped, in the git the authors.txt is empty

Question

I use subgit to import a svn repository to a local git.

$ subgit import --authors-file authors.txt https://foobar.com:8443/svn/project/ gitproject.git

Unfortunately, the users apper in my gitlab as:

svnuser@localhost 

I noticed that the authors.txt in the gitproject.git is only an empty file with the introductory header.

Even though in the log-file there is a correct authors.txt (copied full path and opened in explorer):

authorsFile = C:/foo/bar/authors.txt

I tried several ways to set username = foo bar <[email protected]>like it is written in the git-users-mapping but no change. If the wrong format is used, will the real authors.txt be empty?

How can I make subgit take my authors.txt file?

Answer 1

A possible workaround is to use import with preliminary configuration. For this, first run the 'configure' command:

subgit configure --svn-url https://foobar.com:8443/svn/project gitproject.git

then edit gitproject.git/subgit/authors.txt and fulfill it with actual users mapping. After that run the import:

subgit import gitproject.git

This file would definitely work.