Using expect to migrate multiple repositories

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I have multiple repositories , which I want to convert to git from svn. I try to write a simple expect script that convert one repo.

#!/usr/bin/expect 

spawn svn2git svn://svn-server/repo --username $username --verbose 
expect {Password for '$username'} 
send "$password\r"

He puts password but then exit by timeout.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 19:31

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Git launches SSH internally to connect to a remote repository, and SSH detects when it is launched from another program, and disallows to enter passwords from scripts as a security feature.

You will need a specialized program like sshpass to enter passwords into SSH from scripts, or set up SSH keys.

answered Feb 26 '16 at 19:31

pelya

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`expect` is such a specialized program. ssh thinks it is interacting with a user. – glenn jackman Feb 26 '16 at 19:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 19:37

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I presume svn2git takes more than a few seconds to complete. Add this after your send command

set timeout -1
expect eof

answered Feb 26 '16 at 19:37

glenn jackman

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