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]

    - Perforce [p4]

    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.

    By default, all sources except Mercurial will use --branchsort. Mercurial

    uses --sourcesort to preserve original revision numbers order. Sort modes

    have the following effects:

      --branchsort: convert from parent to child revision when possible, which

        means branches are usually converted one after the other. It generates

        more compact repositories.

      --datesort: sort revisions by date. Converted repositories have

        good-looking changelogs but are often an order of magnitude larger

        than the same ones generated by --branchsort.

      --sourcesort: try to preserve source revisions order, only supported by

        Mercurial sources.

    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 directories not explicitly 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 comma-separated values. 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.

    The branchmap is a file that allows you to rename a branch when it is

    being brought in from whatever external repository. When used in

    conjunction with a splicemap, it allows for a powerful combination to help

    fix even the most badly mismanaged repositories and turn them into nicely

    structured Mercurial repositories. The branchmap contains lines of the

    form "original_branch_name new_branch_name". "original_branch_name" is the

    name of the branch in the source repository, and "new_branch_name" is the

    name of the branch is the destination repository. This can be used to (for

    instance) move code in one repository from "default" to a named branch.

    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

    reorganization 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 option is deprecated and will be removed in Mercurial 1.4.

    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.cache=True     (boolean)

            Set to False to disable remote log caching, for testing and

            debugging purposes.

        --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 overridden with following options. Set

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

    auto detection.

    --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.

    Perforce Source

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

    The Perforce (P4) importer can be given a p4 depot path or a client

    specification as source. It will convert all files in the source to a flat

    Mercurial repository, ignoring labels, branches and integrations. Note

    that when a depot path is given you then usually should specify a target

    directory, because otherwise the target may be named ...-hg.

    It is possible to limit the amount of source history to be converted by

    specifying an initial Perforce revision.

    --config convert.p4.startrev=0            (perforce changelist number)

        specify initial Perforce 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

    --branchmap    change branch names while converting

    --branchsort   try to sort changesets by branches

    --datesort     try to sort changesets by date

    --sourcesort   preserve source changesets order

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

% converting empty dir should fail nicely

assuming destination emptydir-hg

initializing destination emptydir-hg repository

emptydir does not look like a CVS checkout

emptydir does not look like a Git repo

emptydir does not look like a Subversion repo

emptydir is not a local Mercurial repo

emptydir does not look like a darcs repo

emptydir does not look like a monotone repo

emptydir does not look like a GNU Arch repo

emptydir does not look like a Bazaar repo

cannot find required "p4" tool

abort: emptydir: missing or unsupported repository