cute post evaluating HG

[Daniel Holth]

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tekHedd wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>> They also have no problem converting Mozilla CVS repo into git repo.
>>> With respect, it doesn't appear to me that sufficient effort has been
>>> channel into the converter.
>> I think I saw cvsps mentioned in the Mortal-Combat-inspired blog entry,
>> which may explain some of the conversion problems.  I'm using cvs20hg
>> for quite some time now, and planning to test convert-repo too, so this
>> is why I was interested in a more detailed report of the sort
>> OpenSolaris people did :)
>
> It sometimes worries me how much I still depend on CVS.
>
> I am trying out a move to mercurial for all the same reasons as Mozilla,
> and had difficulty finding a CVS import that worked. This is my first
> experience with python, so when none of the existing translators worked
> for me I was a bit worried. (Fortunately python is very easy to learn.)
>
> I couldn't get cvsps to work at all, and the problem was not immediately
> easy to work around. I managed to get cvs20hg to work (minus the branch
> support) after hacking it somewhat.
>
> Is there a specific location to discuss CVS sync projects/contribute
> code/etc?
>
> tom
>
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The cvsps-based convert-repo in Mercurial's development branch worked
great for me, I'm sorry to hear you had trouble with it.

This is the place to talk about it. If you write a patch you might
send it to the mercurial-devel list.

- -- Daniel H.
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