#require p4

  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "convert = " >> $HGRCPATH

create p4 depot

  $ P4ROOT=`pwd`/depot; export P4ROOT

  $ P4AUDIT=$P4ROOT/audit; export P4AUDIT

  $ P4JOURNAL=$P4ROOT/journal; export P4JOURNAL

  $ P4LOG=$P4ROOT/log; export P4LOG

  $ P4PORT=localhost:$HGPORT; export P4PORT

  $ P4DEBUG=1; export P4DEBUG

start the p4 server

  $ [ ! -d $P4ROOT ] && mkdir $P4ROOT

  $ p4d -f -J off >$P4ROOT/stdout 2>$P4ROOT/stderr &

  $ echo $! >> $DAEMON_PIDS

  $ trap "echo stopping the p4 server ; p4 admin stop" EXIT

  $ # wait for the server to initialize

  $ while ! p4 ; do

  >    sleep 1

  > done >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

create a client spec

  $ P4CLIENT=hg-p4-import; export P4CLIENT

  $ DEPOTPATH=//depot/test-mercurial-import/...

  $ p4 client -o | sed '/^View:/,$ d' >p4client

  $ echo View: >>p4client

  $ echo " $DEPOTPATH //$P4CLIENT/..." >>p4client

  $ p4 client -i <p4client

  Client hg-p4-import saved.

populate the depot

  $ echo a > a

  $ mkdir b

  $ echo c > b/c

  $ p4 add a b/c

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#1 - opened for add

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#1 - opened for add

  $ p4 submit -d initial

  Submitting change 1.

  Locking 2 files ...

  add //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#1

  add //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#1

  Change 1 submitted.

change some files

  $ p4 edit a

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#1 - opened for edit

  $ echo aa >> a

  $ p4 submit -d "change a"

  Submitting change 2.

  Locking 1 files ...

  edit //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#2

  Change 2 submitted.

  $ p4 edit b/c

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#1 - opened for edit

  $ echo cc >> b/c

  $ p4 submit -d "change b/c"

  Submitting change 3.

  Locking 1 files ...

  edit //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#2

  Change 3 submitted.

convert

  $ hg convert -s p4 $DEPOTPATH dst

  initializing destination dst repository

  scanning source...

  reading p4 views

  collecting p4 changelists

  1 initial

  2 change a

  3 change b/c

  sorting...

  converting...

  2 initial

  1 change a

  0 change b/c

  $ hg -R dst log --template 'rev={rev} desc="{desc}" tags="{tags}" files="{files}"\n'

  rev=2 desc="change b/c" tags="tip" files="b/c"

  rev=1 desc="change a" tags="" files="a"

  rev=0 desc="initial" tags="" files="a b/c"

change some files

  $ p4 edit a b/c

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#2 - opened for edit

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#2 - opened for edit

  $ echo aaa >> a

  $ echo ccc >> b/c

  $ p4 submit -d "change a b/c"

  Submitting change 4.

  Locking 2 files ...

  edit //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#3

  edit //depot/test-mercurial-import/b/c#3

  Change 4 submitted.

convert again

  $ hg convert -s p4 $DEPOTPATH dst

  scanning source...

  reading p4 views

  collecting p4 changelists

  4 change a b/c

  sorting...

  converting...

  0 change a b/c

  $ hg -R dst log --template 'rev={rev} desc="{desc}" tags="{tags}" files="{files}"\n'

  rev=3 desc="change a b/c" tags="tip" files="a b/c"

  rev=2 desc="change b/c" tags="" files="b/c"

  rev=1 desc="change a" tags="" files="a"

  rev=0 desc="initial" tags="" files="a b/c"

interesting names

  $ echo dddd > "d d"

  $ mkdir " e"

  $ echo fff >" e/ f"

  $ p4 add "d d" " e/ f"

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/d d#1 - opened for add

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/ e/ f#1 - opened for add

  $ p4 submit -d "add d e f"

  Submitting change 5.

  Locking 2 files ...

  add //depot/test-mercurial-import/ e/ f#1

  add //depot/test-mercurial-import/d d#1

  Change 5 submitted.

convert again

  $ hg convert -s p4 $DEPOTPATH dst

  scanning source...

  reading p4 views

  collecting p4 changelists

  5 add d e f

  sorting...

  converting...

  0 add d e f

  $ hg -R dst log --template 'rev={rev} desc="{desc}" tags="{tags}" files="{files}"\n'

  rev=4 desc="add d e f" tags="tip" files=" e/ f d d"

  rev=3 desc="change a b/c" tags="" files="a b/c"

  rev=2 desc="change b/c" tags="" files="b/c"

  rev=1 desc="change a" tags="" files="a"

  rev=0 desc="initial" tags="" files="a b/c"

empty commit message

  $ p4 edit a

  //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#3 - opened for edit

  $ echo aaaaa >> a

  $ p4 submit -d ""

  Submitting change 6.

  Locking 1 files ...

  edit //depot/test-mercurial-import/a#4

  Change 6 submitted.

  $ hg convert -s p4 $DEPOTPATH dst

  scanning source...

  reading p4 views

  collecting p4 changelists

  6 **empty changelist description**

  sorting...

  converting...

  0 

exit trap:

  stopping the p4 server