How to enable convert extension into Mercurial ?

Advanced users of Mercurial can be aided with the use of Mercurial extensions. Extensions allow the integration of powerful new features directly into the Mercurial core. 

 

Built-in help on extensions is available with 'hg help extensions'. To get help about an enabled extension, run 'hg help <extension-name>'.

Convert Extension

The Convert extension converts repositories from other SCMs (or even Mercurial itself) into Mercurial repositories, with options for filtering and renaming. It can also be used to filter Mercurial repositories to get subsets of an existing one.

The current release supports the following repository types as sources:

• CVS
• Subversion
• Git
• Darcs
• Monotone
• Bazaar
• GNU Arch
• Mercurial
• Perforce
  

Convert extension comes up together with Mercurial. To enable convert extension, add following lines in your configuration file, Edit your $HOME/.hgrcwhich look like:
 

[extensions]

hgext.convert=

Lets begin by downloading the latest revision of the repository. Mercurial will download it from the remote repository with the full history.

[root@localhost Desktop]# hg convert svn://svn.repo.com/frontend/mxlLayer mxl_test

initializing destination mxl_test repository

scanning source...

sorting...

converting...

9 creating new repository for mxl Service layer.

8 * Fixed 500 error while creating tenant

7 * Javadocs added

6 * Renamed MXLLayerLog.xml back to logback.xml

5 1. Change return type of createTenant from long to MXLServiceResponse in TenantController.java

4 Added 3 new Api's:

3 Added target to ignore list

2 Added start/stop functionality.

1 Changed code according to review comments.

0 1.Added test cases for TenanatController Api's:1.CreateTenant 2.GetProtalInfo 3. GetApplications.

We are done! If you cd to the newly created mxl_test directory, you will be entering a fully fledged, history-preserved Mercurial repository, consisting of the exact same files as the Subversion repository.

[root@localhost mxl_test]# hg update # update to pull all repositories.

26 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

[root@localhost mxl_test]# hg log # All log entry are preserved.

changeset: 9:08614ddd43c7

branch: mxlLayer

tag: tip

user: ankush

date: Fri Dec 28 16:19:17 2012 +0000

summary: 1.Added test cases for TenanatController Api's:1.CreateTenant 2.GetProtalInfo 3. GetApplications.

changeset: 8:c59c6dedf445

branch: mxlLayer

user: pravin

date: Fri Dec 28 13:54:15 2012 +0000

summary: Changed code according to review comments.

changeset: 7:7b863092bf77

branch: mxlLayer

user: abdul

date: Fri Dec 28 09:55:34 2012 +0000

summary: Added start/stop functionality.

changeset: 6:14064cef906d

branch: mxlLayer

user: deepak

date: Thu Dec 27 16:12:38 2012 +0000

summary: Added target to ignore list

changeset: 5:2a450c99b687

branch: mxlLayer

user: pravin

date: Thu Dec 27 15:10:07 2012 +0000

summary: Added 3 new Api's:

changeset: 4:681d8882361e

branch: mxlLayer

user: abdul

date: Thu Dec 27 13:09:46 2012 +0000

summary: 1. Change return type of createTenant from long to MXLServiceResponse in TenantController.java

changeset: 3:dc92af2b2e48

branch: mxlLayer

user: deepak

date: Thu Dec 27 08:54:07 2012 +0000

summary: * Renamed MXLLayerLog.xml back to logback.xml

changeset: 2:628fd78ee782

branch: mxlLayer

user: deepak

date: Thu Dec 27 05:52:43 2012 +0000

summary: * Javadocs added

changeset: 1:7513eadc9761

branch: mxlLayer

user: deepak

date: Wed Dec 26 15:39:08 2012 +0000

summary: * Fixed 500 error while creating tenant

changeset: 0:bc1f1d1f6a30

branch: mxlLayer

user: abdul

date: Wed Dec 26 14:11:55 2012 +0000

summary: creating new repository for mxl Service layer.