Here is my .bzr.log after first running "branch" then "svn-upgrade". Maybe it will help? this is a debug log for diagnosing/reporting problems in bzr you can delete or truncate this file, or include sections in bug reports to https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug Fri 2009-02-20 12:05:56 -0500 0.028 bzr arguments: [u'branch', u'svn+https://svn.mdlogix.com/plugins/spice/branches/rails_2_2'] 0.034 looking for plugins in /home/nevans/.bazaar/plugins 0.116 looking for plugins in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins 0.141 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' [25082] 2009-02-20 12:05:57.521 WARNING: The svn+ syntax is deprecated, use https://svn.mdlogix.com/plugins/spice/branches/rails_2_2 instead. 0.602 opening SVN RA connection to 'https://svn.mdlogix.com/plugins/spice/branches/rails_2_2' 0.938 bzr-svn: using Subversion 1.5.1 () 4.838 potential branching layouts: [('trunk1', 1220), ('root', 416), ('trunk4', 352), ('trunk2', 13)] 4.838 Guessed repository layout: TrunkLayout(1), guess layout to use: TrunkLayout(2) 10.177 unsupported file property 'svn:eol-style' 10.256 unsupported file property 'svn:eol-style' 10.835 creating branch in file:///home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2/.bzr/ 160.963 created new branch BzrBranch6('file:///home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2/') 160.995 trying to create missing lock '/home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2/.bzr/checkout/dirstate' 160.996 opening working tree '/home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2' [25082] 2009-02-20 12:09:00.162 INFO: Branched 69 revision(s). 183.243 return code 0 Fri 2009-02-20 12:09:27 -0500 0.014 bzr arguments: [u'log', u'--long', u'--show-ids', u'-r', u'47', u'rails_2_2/'] 0.019 looking for plugins in /home/nevans/.bazaar/plugins 0.103 looking for plugins in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins 0.126 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' 0.156 opening working tree '/home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2' 0.237 return code 0 Fri 2009-02-20 12:09:45 -0500 0.018 bzr arguments: [u'svn-upgrade'] 0.023 looking for plugins in /home/nevans/.bazaar/plugins 0.091 looking for plugins in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins 0.123 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' 0.226 opening working tree '/home/nevans/Private/mdlogix/spice/rails_2_2' [25314] 2009-02-20 12:09:46.141 WARNING: The svn+ syntax is deprecated, use https://svn.mdlogix.com/plugins/spice/branches/rails_2_2 instead. 0.264 opening SVN RA connection to 'https://svn.mdlogix.com/plugins/spice/branches/rails_2_2' 0.545 bzr-svn: using Subversion 1.5.1 () 2.143 potential branching layouts: [('trunk1', 1220), ('root', 416), ('trunk4', 352), ('trunk2', 13)] 2.143 Guessed repository layout: TrunkLayout(1), guess layout to use: TrunkLayout(2) 18.047 expand branches: [], ['branches', '*'] 18.048 expand branches: ['branches'], ['*'] 18.104 expand branches: [], ['trunk'] 18.105 expand branches: ['trunk'], [] 18.166 expand branches: [], ['tags', '*'] 18.166 expand branches: ['tags'], ['*'] 18.682 return code 0 Fri 2009-02-20 13:05:31 -0500 0.084 bzr arguments: [u'log', u'--long', u'--show-ids', u'-r', u'47'] 0.090 looking for plugins in /home/nevans/.bazaar/plugins 0.136 looking for plugins in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins 0.191 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' 0.334 return code 0