title: Importing read-only Subversion to Git blocked by "Read access denied for root of edit"
body: <p>I am trying to import code from a semi-public Subversion repository into my own Git repo.  <a href="https://alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~harmony/" rel="nofollow">The Subversion repo access is explained here</a> (enable JavaScript to read; look under the "[Download]" link).</p>
  
  <p>I have tried to use <code>git svn clone</code> manually as well as via the <a href="https://github.com/nirvdrum/svn2git" rel="nofollow">svn2git</a> utility.  Either way, I keep running into the same error as shown below.</p>
  
  <p>I can verify that I have access to the Subversion repo: <code>svn co svn+ssh://harmony@eniac.seas.upenn.edu/trunk</code> works.</p>
  
  <p>Help!</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ svn2git svn+ssh://harmony@eniac.seas.upenn.edu -v
  Running command: git svn init --prefix=svn/ --no-metadata --trunk=trunk --tags=tags --branches=branches svn+ssh://harmony@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
  Running command: git svn fetch
  Read access denied for root of edit: Not authorized to open root of edit operation at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.5.3/lib/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN/Ra.pm line 290
  
  command failed:
  2&gt;&amp;1 git svn fetch
  </code></pre>