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diff --git a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.txt b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91f8fe6 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +hg-to-git.py is able to convert a Mercurial repository into a git one, +and preserves the branches in the process (unlike tailor) + +hg-to-git.py can probably be greatly improved (it's a rather crude +combination of shell and python) but it does already work quite well for +me. Features: + - supports incremental conversion + (for keeping a git repo in sync with a hg one) + - supports hg branches + - converts hg tags + +Note that the git repository will be created 'in place' (at the same +location as the source hg repo). You will have to manually remove the +'.hg' directory after the conversion. + +Also note that the incremental conversion uses 'simple' hg changesets +identifiers (ordinals, as opposed to SHA-1 ids), and since these ids +are not stable across different repositories the hg-to-git.py state file +is forever tied to one hg repository. + +Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> |