How do you setup the convert extension in Mercurial in windows?

Question

Hello,

I have just installed mercurial (command line only...this is not TortoiseHG) onto a Windows SErver 2003 machine and the documentation mentions a convert command that will allow me convert an svn repo to hg.

But when I try to run hg convert the command is not recognized. I googled it and it says that I need to install the "convert extension" using the hgrc file.

I HAVE google this and I cannot find anything that will tell me EXACTLY how to get it working. I don't know what file and filename is needed and which directory path should it be in.

I found this page which talks generically about configuration and this page which talks about the convert extension but neither of them puts it together with enough specificity.

SUMMARY- exactly how do I setup hg to support the convert extension on Windows Server 2003.

Thanks.

Answer 1

If your user name on the machine is "seth", and your profile is located at "c:\users\seth":

Place a file called Mercurial.ini in that folder.

Put this in the file:

[extensions]
hgext.convert=

That should at least get it to where the command is recognized and you might be able to take it from there.

EDIT:

One more thing thats not exactly clear from your post. If typing just plain hg does nothing then you need to put the mercurial install directory in your path.