[issue3311] convert:

[Andre Lombard]

Christoph <bugs <at> mercurial.selenic.com> writes:
> 
>   C:\> hg convert test test2
>   initializing empty test2 repository
>   abort: invalid mode ('r') or filename
> 

I experienced the exact same problem.  I was trying to convert from an SVN repo 
(something I do several times a week, i.e. I know I was doing it "right").  
Downgrading from v2.1.1 to v2.1 resolved the problem for me too.