Re: hg2git error

[Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>]

Heya,

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 17:47, Johannes
Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Could you give me a quick run-through how to install it and use it to
> mirror, say, the netbeans repository?

Sure, feel free to ping me on IRC if you have any questions, I'll
explain my workflow for Melange, I reckon you can adapt it to suit
your needs.

1. clone hg-git
```
mkdir ~/code
git clone git://github.com/schacon/hg-git.git ~/code
```
2. edit your .hgrc to include the following to turn on the hg-git
plugin, and the bookmarks plugin which hg-git likes to use to store
branches from your git repository:
```
[extensions]
hgext.bookmarks =
git = ~/code/hg-git
```
3. hg clone the repository of your choice, I'll pretend it's ~/code/Melange
4. add the following to ~/code/Melange/.hg/hgrc:
```
[git]
intree=1
```
5. if possible, add '.git' to .hgignore, if not possible you'll just
have to live with it showing up in 'hg status'
6. run `hg gexport`, this will create a ~/code/Melange/.git which is a
regular git repository
7. add .hg to ~/code/Melange/.git/info/exclude
8. now each time you want to pull in new hg updates, run 'hg pull && hg gexport'
9. Depending on your preferences, you might want to add the following
to your ~/code/Melange/.hg/hgrc below intree=1:
```
exportbranch=refs/heads/from-hg
```

Doing so will cause `hg gexport` to override the 'from-hg' branch
instead of 'refs/heads/master', allowing you to work in the git
repository without worrying about losing any changes when you run `hg
gexport`.
10. Push from the git repository as usual:
```
git remote add origin ssh://srabbelier@repo.or.cz/srv/git/Melange.git
git push origin master
```

If you have any questions, feel free to ask :).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier