hg convert [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST [REVMAP]]

convert a foreign SCM repository to a Mercurial one.

    Accepted source formats [identifiers]:

    - Mercurial [hg]

    - CVS [cvs]

    - Darcs [darcs]

    - git [git]

    - Subversion [svn]

    - Monotone [mtn]

    - GNU Arch [gnuarch]

    - Bazaar [bzr]

    Accepted destination formats [identifiers]:

    - Mercurial [hg]

    - Subversion [svn] (history on branches is not preserved)

    If no revision is given, all revisions will be converted. Otherwise,

    convert will only import up to the named revision (given in a format

    understood by the source).

    If no destination directory name is specified, it defaults to the

    basename of the source with '-hg' appended.  If the destination

    repository doesn't exist, it will be created.

    If <REVMAP> isn't given, it will be put in a default location

    (<dest>/.hg/shamap by default).  The <REVMAP> is a simple text

    file that maps each source commit ID to the destination ID for

    that revision, like so:

    <source ID> <destination ID>

    If the file doesn't exist, it's automatically created.  It's updated

    on each commit copied, so convert-repo can be interrupted and can

    be run repeatedly to copy new commits.

    The [username mapping] file is a simple text file that maps each source

    commit author to a destination commit author. It is handy for source SCMs

    that use unix logins to identify authors (eg: CVS). One line per author

    mapping and the line format is:

    srcauthor=whatever string you want

    The filemap is a file that allows filtering and remapping of files

    and directories.  Comment lines start with '#'.  Each line can

    contain one of the following directives:

      include path/to/file

      exclude path/to/file

      rename from/file to/file

    The 'include' directive causes a file, or all files under a

    directory, to be included in the destination repository, and the

    exclusion of all other files and dirs not explicitely included.

    The 'exclude' directive causes files or directories to be omitted.

    The 'rename' directive renames a file or directory.  To rename from a

    subdirectory into the root of the repository, use '.' as the path to

    rename to.

    The splicemap is a file that allows insertion of synthetic

    history, letting you specify the parents of a revision.  This is

    useful if you want to e.g. give a Subversion merge two parents, or

    graft two disconnected series of history together.  Each entry

    contains a key, followed by a space, followed by one or two

    values, separated by spaces.  The key is the revision ID in the

    source revision control system whose parents should be modified

    (same format as a key in .hg/shamap).  The values are the revision

    IDs (in either the source or destination revision control system)

    that should be used as the new parents for that node.

    Mercurial Source

    -----------------

    --config convert.hg.ignoreerrors=False (boolean)

        ignore integrity errors when reading. Use it to fix Mercurial

        repositories with missing revlogs, by converting from and to

        Mercurial.

    --config convert.hg.saverev=False          (boolean)

        store original revision ID in changeset (forces target IDs to change)

    --config convert.hg.startrev=0            (hg revision identifier)

        convert start revision and its descendants

    CVS Source

    ----------

    CVS source will use a sandbox (i.e. a checked-out copy) from CVS

    to indicate the starting point of what will be converted. Direct

    access to the repository files is not needed, unless of course

    the repository is :local:. The conversion uses the top level

    directory in the sandbox to find the CVS repository, and then uses

    CVS rlog commands to find files to convert. This means that unless

    a filemap is given, all files under the starting directory will be

    converted, and that any directory reorganisation in the CVS

    sandbox is ignored.

    Because CVS does not have changesets, it is necessary to collect

    individual commits to CVS and merge them into changesets. CVS

    source uses its internal changeset merging code by default but can

    be configured to call the external 'cvsps' program by setting:

        --config convert.cvsps='cvsps -A -u --cvs-direct -q'

    This is a legacy option and may be removed in future.

    The options shown are the defaults.

    Internal cvsps is selected by setting

        --config convert.cvsps=builtin

    and has a few more configurable options:

        --config convert.cvsps.fuzz=60   (integer)

            Specify the maximum time (in seconds) that is allowed between

            commits with identical user and log message in a single

            changeset. When very large files were checked in as part

            of a changeset then the default may not be long enough.

        --config convert.cvsps.mergeto='{{mergetobranch ([-\w]+)}}'

            Specify a regular expression to which commit log messages are

            matched. If a match occurs, then the conversion process will

            insert a dummy revision merging the branch on which this log

            message occurs to the branch indicated in the regex.

        --config convert.cvsps.mergefrom='{{mergefrombranch ([-\w]+)}}'

            Specify a regular expression to which commit log messages are

            matched. If a match occurs, then the conversion process will

            add the most recent revision on the branch indicated in the

            regex as the second parent of the changeset.

    The hgext/convert/cvsps wrapper script allows the builtin changeset

    merging code to be run without doing a conversion. Its parameters and

    output are similar to that of cvsps 2.1.

    Subversion Source

    -----------------

    Subversion source detects classical trunk/branches/tags layouts.

    By default, the supplied "svn://repo/path/" source URL is

    converted as a single branch. If "svn://repo/path/trunk" exists

    it replaces the default branch. If "svn://repo/path/branches"

    exists, its subdirectories are listed as possible branches. If

    "svn://repo/path/tags" exists, it is looked for tags referencing

    converted branches. Default "trunk", "branches" and "tags" values

    can be overriden with following options. Set them to paths

    relative to the source URL, or leave them blank to disable

    autodetection.

    --config convert.svn.branches=branches    (directory name)

        specify the directory containing branches

    --config convert.svn.tags=tags            (directory name)

        specify the directory containing tags

    --config convert.svn.trunk=trunk          (directory name)

        specify the name of the trunk branch

    Source history can be retrieved starting at a specific revision,

    instead of being integrally converted. Only single branch

    conversions are supported.

    --config convert.svn.startrev=0           (svn revision number)

        specify start Subversion revision.

    Mercurial Destination

    ---------------------

    --config convert.hg.clonebranches=False   (boolean)

        dispatch source branches in separate clones.

    --config convert.hg.tagsbranch=default    (branch name)

        tag revisions branch name

    --config convert.hg.usebranchnames=True   (boolean)

        preserve branch names

options:

 -A --authors      username mapping filename

 -d --dest-type    destination repository type

    --filemap      remap file names using contents of file

 -r --rev          import up to target revision REV

 -s --source-type  source repository type

    --splicemap    splice synthesized history into place

    --datesort     try to sort changesets by date

use "hg -v help convert" to show global options

adding a

assuming destination a-hg

initializing destination a-hg repository

scanning source...

sorting...

converting...

4 a

3 b

2 c

1 d

0 e

pulling from ../a

searching for changes

no changes found

% should fail

initializing destination bogusfile repository

abort: cannot create new bundle repository

% should fail

abort: Permission denied: bogusdir

% should succeed

initializing destination bogusdir repository

scanning source...

sorting...

converting...

4 a

3 b

2 c

1 d

0 e

% test pre and post conversion actions

run hg source pre-conversion action

run hg sink pre-conversion action

run hg sink post-conversion action

run hg source post-conversion action