How to migrate/convert from SVN to Mercurial (hg) on windows

Question

I\'m looking for a tool to migrate a couple of SVN repositories to Mercurial, with history, labels and so on.

I\'m using TortoiseHg (Windows x32), so ConvertExtensio

Answer 1

Using the convert extension of Mercurial:

1. Enable convert extention; add convert= to the [extensions] section of .hgrc like this:

   [extensions]
   convert=

2. Linux needs additional python bindings: sudo apt-get install python-subversion
3. Execute hg convert command
   • See hg convert -h for help
   • Example: hg convert http://[svnserver]/[Project] --source-type svn [DestinationDir] (see note 2)
4. Push to newly created Mercurial repository: hg push https://[mercurialserver]/[Project]

note: you can even repeat the hg convert command to include new changes made in the svn repository after the previous convert.

note 2: When hg convert doesn't work using http:// or svn:// you could first checkout the Subversion repository (or update an existing one) and convert using the local checkout; example: hg convert [DirectoryOfLocalCheckout] --source-type svn [DestinationDir]