Usage of 'hg convert'

[Giorgos Keramidas]

Looks good to me.  I really like the '.' tip near the end :)

On 2007-11-02 14:02, Rafael Villar Burke <pachi at rvburke.com> wrote:
> I've added Guido's and Patrick's comments to the convert extension wiki
> page. Please check it's ok, as I haven't used the extension myself.
> 
> Also, in the way I've found some outdated information in the help text
> for the extension. Here follows a patch with some changes:
> 
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Rafael Villar Burke <pachi at rvburke.com>
> # Date 1194008312 -3600
> # Node ID 09ba8b49789b49530af99006e6fb48a613f6971f
> # Parent  3aa5c45874c60560d75df74adbc964e107c8538a
> Update convert help text
> 
> Add Mercurial as a source format, clarify that the include directive
> triggers th
> e exclusion of all not explicitely included files/dirs and use MAPFILE
> instead o
> f revmapfile in the text, following the short message convention.
> 
> diff -r 3aa5c45874c6 -r 09ba8b49789b hgext/convert/__init__.py
> --- a/hgext/convert/__init__.py Sat Oct 20 03:04:34 2007 +0200
> +++ b/hgext/convert/__init__.py Fri Nov 02 13:58:32 2007 +0100
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ def convert(ui, src, dest=None, revmapfi
>      """Convert a foreign SCM repository to a Mercurial one.
> 
>      Accepted source formats:
> +    - Mercurial
>      - CVS
>      - Darcs
>      - git
> @@ -315,8 +316,8 @@ def convert(ui, src, dest=None, revmapfi
>      basename of the source with '-hg' appended.  If the destination
>      repository doesn't exist, it will be created.
> 
> -    If <revmapfile> isn't given, it will be put in a default location
> -    (<dest>/.hg/shamap by default).  The <revmapfile> is a simple text
> +    If <MAPFILE> isn't given, it will be put in a default location
> +    (<dest>/.hg/shamap by default).  The <MAPFILE> is a simple text
>      file that maps each source commit ID to the destination ID for
>      that revision, like so:
>      <source ID> <destination ID>
> @@ -342,11 +343,12 @@ def convert(ui, src, dest=None, revmapfi
>        rename from/file to/file
> 
>      The 'include' directive causes a file, or all files under a
> -    directory, to be included in the destination repository.  The
> -    'exclude' directive causes files or directories to be omitted.
> -    The 'rename' directive renames a file or directory.  To rename
> -    from a subdirectory into the root of the repository, use '.' as
> -    the path to rename to.
> +    directory, to be included in the destination repository, and the
> +    exclussion of all other files and dirs not explicitely included.
> +    The 'exclude' directive causes files or directories to be omitted.
> +    The 'rename' directive renames a file or directory.  To rename from a
> +    subdirectory into the root of the repository, use '.' as the path to
> +    rename to.
>      """
> 
>      util._encoding = 'UTF-8'
> 
> 
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