some err i just got, if i did not gist it no one would believe me :-)

gistfile1.txt

bash-3.2$ cd src
bash-3.2$ git svn clone http://bhl-au-ftindex.googlecode.com/svn --tags=tags --authors-file=./authors-file.out --trunk=trunk/solr-plugin        -s bhl-solr-plugin.git
WARNING: --prefix is not given, defaulting to empty prefix.
         This is probably not what you want! In order to stay compatible
         with regular remote-tracking refs, provide a prefix like
         --prefix=origin/ (remember the trailing slash), which will cause
         the SVN-tracking refs to be placed at refs/remotes/origin/*.
NOTE: In Git v2.0, the default prefix will change from empty to 'origin/'.
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/hor22n/src/bhl-solr-plugin.git/.git/
RA layer request failed: Server sent unexpected return value (502 Bad Gateway) in response to PROPFIND request for '/svn/!svn/bln/84' at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/share/git-core/perl/Git/SVN.pm line 150.

bash-3.2$ rm -rf bhl-solr-plugin.git/
bash-3.2$ git svn clone http://bhl-au-ftindex.googlecode.com/svn --tags=tags --authors-file=./authors-file.out --trunk=trunk/solr-plugin        -s bhl-solr-plugin.git
WARNING: --prefix is not given, defaulting to empty prefix.
         This is probably not what you want! In order to stay compatible
         with regular remote-tracking refs, provide a prefix like
         --prefix=origin/ (remember the trailing slash), which will cause
         the SVN-tracking refs to be placed at refs/remotes/origin/*.
NOTE: In Git v2.0, the default prefix will change from empty to 'origin/'.
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/hor22n/src/bhl-solr-plugin.git/.git/
        A       mega-jar-assembly.xml
        A       pom.xml
r6 = b4e64276284b6bf8f26b6fe835550cf5abf54d08 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        A       src/test/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/AppTest.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/App.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/QueryTermEmbellisherHandler.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/NearestNamedPlacesHandler.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyHandler.java
r7 = 2c64b01aa775e3f62144c60efd480bd036572924 (refs/remotes/trunk)
r8 = 8376426aa72bb2fa57cbd1ab7599811b499bdbae (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       pom.xml
r13 = 7e235cadc4c9bc08f3ac863aa817d1eaae036752 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       pom.xml
r14 = acd7bc2a86613a1f65d595d52230c9b7a2065fc0 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       pom.xml
r15 = 876e0d65cebfa2e12a05a06a2ede8fc5937ffca7 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       src/test/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/AppTest.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/App.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/QueryTermEmbellisherHandler.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/NearestNamedPlacesHandler.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyHandler.java
r36 = d347127cf48524094906ce2f0151ec4d9b906f88 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyComponent.java
r40 = d6c6049fff9affa4ab5c964a9134521c2a70039d (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyComponent.java
r41 = 96f053479f96981a8c0e533f7a649012f65f7fe8 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyComponent.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyQParserPlugin.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyHelper.java
        A       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymTokenFilterFactory.java
        M       pom.xml
r42 = 096c9a3d6ee89ac561eccf49770e80f52f9abafb (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyComponent.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyHelper.java
r43 = bc6f88141aed69b3dc56316970dc67fcde234bfc (refs/remotes/trunk)
        D       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyQParserPlugin.java
        D       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/QueryTermEmbellisherHandler.java
        D       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymTokenFilterFactory.java
        D       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/NearestNamedPlacesHandler.java
        D       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyHandler.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/App.java
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyComponent.java
W: -empty_dir: trunk/solr-plugin/src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/NearestNamedPlacesHandler.java
W: -empty_dir: trunk/solr-plugin/src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/QueryTermEmbellisherHandler.java
W: -empty_dir: trunk/solr-plugin/src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymTokenFilterFactory.java
W: -empty_dir: trunk/solr-plugin/src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyQParserPlugin.java
W: -empty_dir: trunk/solr-plugin/src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/TaxonSynonymyHandler.java
r44 = 1cb0207e9099e42754d1edea9a04968649da198a (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       src/main/java/org/ala/bhl/solr/SynonymyHelper.java
r45 = 44d9db3a335dbe3f05ad8edc09de8a69ad1685c8 (refs/remotes/trunk)
Checked out HEAD:
  http://bhl-au-ftindex.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/solr-plugin r45
bash-3.2$