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-hg-fastimport - a tool for importing "git-fast-import" files into Mercurial
-
-Paul Crowley, LShift Ltd, July 2008
-paul@lshift.net
-
-WARNING: this tool is very incomplete and barely tested.  It is
-currently intended for active developers only.
-
-hg-fastimport is (or will be) a tool which converts "git-fast-import"
-files into Mercurial repositories.  "git-fast-import" is a file format
-for representing the entire history of a version control repository.
-
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-fast-import.html
-
-This file format was designed to make it easier to write tools which
-converted from foreign VCS repository formats into "git" format; such
-tools exist for CVS, Mercurial, Darcs, and Perforce.  
-
-http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html
-http://repo.or.cz/w/fast-export.git
-http://repo.or.cz/w/darcs2git.git
-
-However, there's no reason Git should be the only VCS to read
-git-fast-import files; there is a mature tool to read them into Bazaar
-repositories.
-
-http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrFastImport
-
-If this tool can become an equally effective reader of such files for
-Mercurial repositories, "git-fast-import" can become a "lingua franca"
-for the exchange of repository histories between revision control
-tools.
-
-This tool draws heavily on the work done for BzrFastImport, and so is
-covered by the GPL.
-
-    hg-fastimport - imports "git-fast-import" files into Mercurial.
-    Copyright (C) 2008 LShift Ltd. (original portions)
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-

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+hg-fastimport
+-------------
+
+WARNING: this extension is incomplete and lightly tested.  It is
+currently intended for Mercurial developers or particularly daring
+users.
+
+hg-fastimport is a Mercurial extension for importing Git's fast-import
+dumps into Mercurial.  fast-import is a file format for representing the
+entire history of a version control repository.
+
+This file format was designed to make it easier to write tools which
+converted from foreign VCS repository formats into Git format; such
+tools exist for CVS, Mercurial, Darcs, and Perforce.  
+
+However, there's no reason Git should be the only VCS to read
+git-fast-import files; for example, Bazaar has a fastimport extension
+similar in scope and aim to hg-fastimport.  (In fact, hg-fastimport
+draws heavily on the work done for bzr-fastimport.)
+
+If this tool can become an equally effective reader of such files for
+Mercurial, fast-import can become a "lingua franca" for the exchange of
+repository histories between revision control tools.
+
+
+USAGE
+-----
+
+To use hg-fastimport, add a line like
+
+  fastimport = /path/to/hg-fastimport/fastimport
+
+to the [extensions] section of your hgrc.
+
+To import into a brand-new Mercurial repository:
+
+  hg init new
+  hg -R new fastimport FILE...
+
+where FILE... is a list of one or more fast-import dumps.
+
+
+TESTING
+-------
+
+hg-fastimport uses Mercurial's own testing infrastructure, so you will
+need a copy of the Mercurial source handy.  For example, I keep a clone
+of Mercurial "crew" in ~/src/hg-crew.  To test hg-fastimport:
+
+  cd tests
+  ~/src/hg-crew/tests/run-tests.py --with-hg=dummy
+
+
+FURTHER READING
+---------------
+
+The fast-import format is documented in the git-fast-import(1) man page:
+
+  http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/git-fast-import.html
+
+Tools to convert various version control repositories to
+fast-import format:
+
+  http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/cvs2git.html    (CVS)
+  http://repo.or.cz/w/fast-export.git       (Mercurial, Subversion)
+  http://repo.or.cz/w/darcs2git.git         (Darcs)
+
+
+AVAILABILITY
+------------
+
+You can get the latest copy of hg-fastimport from its public Mercurial
+repository:
+
+  hg clone http://vc.gerg.ca/hg/hg-fastimport
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+
+original author:
+  Paul Crowley <paul at lshift dot net>
+  LShift Ltd
+
+derived from bzr-fastimport by:
+  Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at internode dot on dot net>
+  Canonical Ltd
+
+current maintainer:
+  Greg Ward <greg-hg at gerg dot ca>
+
+contributors:
+  Paul Aurich <paul at darkrain42 dot org>
+
+
+COPYRIGHT
+---------
+
+Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd
+Copyright (C) 2008 LShift Ltd.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+