hg convert from git doesn't follow renames

[Greg Ward]

[switching to users list, since this is more of a support question
than a development question]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Paul Molodowitch <elrond79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Was looking to switch my repo over from git to hg, but I ran into a
> bit of a snag - it seems hg convert from git doesn't preserve renaming
> information.

One possibility is to use fastimport.  That is, dump the git repo with
'git fast-export', then use the hg-fastimport extension
(http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/FastImportExtension) to load it
into Mercurial.  *If* it works, I think it will do a more accurate
conversion than hg convert does.

Disclaimer: although I am the maintainer of hg-fastimport, I honestly
don't know how well this will work for you.  I haven't tested
hg-fastimport with exports from git.  And I apologize for the clunky
setup procedure.  Let us know how it goes!

Greg