[Bug 900968] [NEW] bzr crashed while trying to branch a git repo

[Ahmed Shams]

Public bug reported:

I was trying to clone a git repo with bzr:
bzr branch git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics
I got:
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.TypeError: expected string or buffer

*** Bazaar has encountered an internal error.  This probably indicates a
    bug in Bazaar.  You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at
        https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
    attaching the crash file
        /home/ashams/.cache/crash/bzr-20111206220533-2171.crash
    and including a description of the problem.

    The crash file is plain text and you can inspect or edit it to remove
    private information.

I did it twice. the two crash logs are attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bzr 2.1.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec  7 00:04:37 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bzr

** Affects: bzr-git (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Title:
  bzr crashed while trying to branch a git repo

Status in “bzr-git” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was trying to clone a git repo with bzr:
  bzr branch git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics
  I got:
  bzr: ERROR: exceptions.TypeError: expected string or buffer

  *** Bazaar has encountered an internal error.  This probably indicates a
      bug in Bazaar.  You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at
          https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
      attaching the crash file
          /home/ashams/.cache/crash/bzr-20111206220533-2171.crash
      and including a description of the problem.

      The crash file is plain text and you can inspect or edit it to remove
      private information.

  I did it twice. the two crash logs are attached.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: bzr 2.1.4-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-36.79-generic 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-36-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Dec  7 00:04:37 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: bzr

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