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This repository provides the tool and documents the process involved in migrating the cpython mercurial repository to git repo.

hg_git_migrator.py is a simple tool that can help with migrating any mercurial repository to github. It uses mercurial's hg-git and automates some steps for easy of use and consistency.

python3.6 hg-git-migrator.py local-mercurial-repository empty-github-url

Example Migration

$ python hg_git_migrator.py ~/hg-migration-trials/peps [email protected]:orsenthil/peps.git
pushing to /Users/senthilkumaran/hg-migration-trials/git-repo/peps
searching for changes
adding objects
added 6299 commits with 6356 trees and 7459 blobs
Migration completed to git_repo: [email protected]:orsenthil/peps.git

For a large repo like cpython, the migration took multiple hours on a fast machine. It is easier and faster to run migration commands directly for a large repo.

cpython migration document enlists the steps required to migrate the repo. These are the commands that hg_git_migrator.py script does it for you.