Git - fatal: Branch name doesn't conform to GIT standards

Question

I am trying to migrate a CVS repo to Git using cvs2git. Unfortunately my cvs repo has many branches with regex. While doing git fast import(unix) it reports the error below

fatal: Branch name doesn't conform to GIT standards: refs/tags/Release21_3_4_0_0_3_7_10[3_8_4_3]
fast-import: dumping crash report to .git/fast_import_crash_27083

I tried to delete these tags, but no luck. i think it is taking the entire history. I am not able to import the HEAD alone also.

How do i resolve this?

Awful

You could try this out, if you haven't already: https://mcmap.net/q/1168220/-how-to-solve-hg-fast-export-error-quot-branch-name-doesn-39-t-conform-to-git-standards-refs-heads-master-quot – Filberte

Answer 1

You can find out more here. This is how git verify that your branch name is a valid name.

The problem is the [] characters. Try to locally create branch with those names and you will see the error.

Here is a detailed post(s) abot what and how to do it.

You must rename the tags in order to get them into git.

Cutinize