On Hydra, the following intermittent test failure in 'git' has occurred twice in the last two days, and twice about a month ago: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- not ok 3 - git svn branch tests # # test_must_fail git svn branch a && # git svn branch --parents a && # test_must_fail git svn branch -t tag1 && # git svn branch --parents -t tag1 && # test_must_fail git svn branch --tag tag2 && # git svn branch --parents --tag tag2 && # test_must_fail git svn tag tag3 && # git svn tag --parents tag3 # # failed 1 among 3 test(s) 1..3 make[2]: *** [Makefile:49: t9167-git-svn-cmd-branch-subproject.sh] Error 1 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The problem is not architecture specific. It has occurred at least once on all three hydra-supported-systems (x86_64, i686, and armhf). The collateral damage includes several hundred dependency failures. The following error also happened once on x86_64 about a month ago: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- not ok 3 - git svn branch tests # # git svn branch a && # base=$(git rev-parse HEAD:) && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/a:) && # git svn branch -m "created branch b blah" b && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/b:) && # test_must_fail git branch -m "no branchname" && # git svn branch -n c && # test_must_fail git rev-parse remotes/origin/c && # test_must_fail git svn branch a && # git svn branch -t tag1 && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/tags/tag1:) && # git svn branch --tag tag2 && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/tags/tag2:) && # git svn tag tag3 && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/tags/tag3:) && # git svn tag -m "created tag4 foo" tag4 && # test $base = $(git rev-parse remotes/origin/tags/tag4:) && # test_must_fail git svn tag -m "no tagname" && # git svn tag -n tag5 && # test_must_fail git rev-parse remotes/origin/tags/tag5 && # test_must_fail git svn tag tag1 # [...] # failed 1 among 4 test(s) 1..4 make[2]: *** [Makefile:49: t9128-git-svn-cmd-branch.sh] Error 1 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Mark