Downloading source code history for GSL: GNU Scientific Library (from CVS) failed. I have checked that cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/gsl login cvs -d ... [More] :pserver:anoncvs:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/gsl checkout gsl works correctly. Could you please examine this error? [Less]

Why don't you use git-svn for importing Subversion repository to Git? If I understand correctly it does support importing multiple branches. If it is not fast enough, you could contribute to it to ... [More] use (git-fast-import)[http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fast-import.html] [Less]