--- a/hgext/convert/subversion.py	Fri Jun 27 14:53:30 2008 -0500
+++ b/hgext/convert/subversion.py	Fri Jun 27 18:28:45 2008 -0500
@@ -658,8 +658,7 @@
                 # This will fail if a directory was copied
                 # from another branch and then some of its files
                 # were deleted in the same transaction.
-                children = self._find_children(path, revnum)
-                children.sort()
+                children = util.sort(self._find_children(path, revnum))
                 for child in children:
                     # Can we move a child directory and its
                     # parent in the same commit? (probably can). Could
@@ -732,8 +731,7 @@
             parents = []
             # check whether this revision is the start of a branch or part
             # of a branch renaming
-            orig_paths = orig_paths.items()
-            orig_paths.sort()
+            orig_paths = util.sort(orig_paths.items())
             root_paths = [(p,e) for p,e in orig_paths if self.module.startswith(p)]
             if root_paths:
                 path, ent = root_paths[-1]
@@ -1045,10 +1043,9 @@
         return dirs
 
     def add_dirs(self, files):
-        add_dirs = [d for d in self.dirs_of(files)
+        add_dirs = [d for d in util.sort(self.dirs_of(files))
                     if not os.path.exists(self.wjoin(d, '.svn', 'entries'))]
         if add_dirs:
-            add_dirs.sort()
             self.xargs(add_dirs, 'add', non_recursive=True, quiet=True)
         return add_dirs
 
@@ -1058,8 +1055,7 @@
         return files
 
     def tidy_dirs(self, names):
-        dirs = list(self.dirs_of(names))
-        dirs.sort()
+        dirs = util.sort(self.dirs_of(names))
         dirs.reverse()
         deleted = []
         for d in dirs: