Convert Subversion repository to Mercurial

Question

I am trying to convert an SVN repository to Mercurial, but I'm having some troubles. These are the steps I've taken: (I am on Windows)

Turned on "convert" in the extensions

Opened a command window, and typed:

hg convert http://myversioncontrorepositoryhere

It says it's initializing the destination folder and then asks:

Enter username for Administration at http://myversioncontrorepositoryhere:

type my username then

 in Administration at http://myversioncontrorepositoryhere:

I assume this is my password, but it just loops back to

Enter username for Administration at http://myversioncontrorepositoryhere:

What am I doing wrong? I'm very sure I'm typing in my username and password correctly.

Answer 1

Try hgsubversion instead; it's a lot more robust. I've had a lot of bizarre issues interacting with Subversion's CLI on Windows (mostly resolved by using CMD instead of another shell).

Answer 2

I don't know what may be going wrong, but I'd like to suggest a workaround (which is the only way I've personally used for this task!): first svnsync the svn project to make a local mirror, then hg convert that local mirror -- that's what O'Sullivan suggests in his book (this URL has, as "sample from the book", exactly the relevant appendix for importing projects from other VCSs to hg -- with special emphasis on svn!), though his suggestion is mostly inspired by considerations of speed I suspect that following it has also saved me authentication and authorization hassles, and I hope it could do the same for you!-)