{"thread":{"id":"15509","subject":"[ANN] mtn2git v0.1","startedAt":"2008-09-12T22:59:14Z","lastAt":"2008-09-15T09:07:02Z","messageCount":6,"participants":["Felipe Contreras","Jakub Narebski","Markus Wanner"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"90616","messageId":"94a0d4530809121559w5f644174j461ec61cb2327fd8@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Felipe Contreras","fromEmail":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-12T22:59:14Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-12T22:59:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8358?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nThis is the result of various experiments I've been doing while trying\nto import mtn repositories into git. I've looked into other mtn2git\nscripts but none fitted my needs.\n\nAfter some rfcs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now the\nscript is going in the right direction.\n\nThere are two modes:\n\n== checkout ==\n\nIn this mode each revision is checked out and imported directly into\ngit. This means it's 100% sure that the result would be an exact\nclone.\n\nThe disadvantage is that it's extremely slow (1 day for 25,000 commits).\n\n== fast-import ==\n\nThis mode requires a few patches for git fast-import, it's very fast\n(40 min for 25,000 commits), but not 100% reliable yet.\n\nThere are also some missing features like branch creation and updates.\n\n\nMy plan is to keep these two modes in the code until fast-import\nmethod is reliable enough.\n\nI've tried this with Pidgin's repository. The result is here:\nhttp://github.com/felipec/pidgin-clone\n\nIt would be interesting to do something similar with OE's repo. Any takers?\n\nComments and patches are welcome :)\n\n-- \nFelipe Contreras\n"},{"id":"90627","messageId":"m3d4j8nzy9.fsf@localhost.localdomain","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":"94a0d4530809121559w5f644174j461ec61cb2327fd8@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-13T09:45:04Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-13T09:45:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"\"Felipe Contreras\" writes:\n\n> This is the result of various experiments I've been doing while trying\n> to import mtn repositories into git. I've looked into other mtn2git\n> scripts but none fitted my needs.\n\nmtn or mnt?\n\n> After some RFCs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now that\n> the script is going in the right direction.\n\nWhen you feel this script to be ready, could you add it to the\n\"Interaction with other Revision Control Systems\" section on\n http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools\nAs far as I can see there ain't any Monotone to Git converter on this\nlist.\n\nTIA\n-- \nJakub Narebski\nPoland\nShadeHawk on #git\n"},{"id":"90628","messageId":"94a0d4530809130352v5775be53sc14b354b8c1dae15@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":"m3d4j8nzy9.fsf@localhost.localdomain","subject":"Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Felipe Contreras","fromEmail":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-13T10:52:39Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-13T10:52:39Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8358?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote:\n> \"Felipe Contreras\" writes:\n>\n>> This is the result of various experiments I've been doing while trying\n>> to import mtn repositories into git. I've looked into other mtn2git\n>> scripts but none fitted my needs.\n>\n> mtn or mnt?\n\nmonotone = mtn\n\n>> After some RFCs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now that\n>> the script is going in the right direction.\n>\n> When you feel this script to be ready, could you add it to the\n> \"Interaction with other Revision Control Systems\" section on\n> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools\n> As far as I can see there ain't any Monotone to Git converter on this\n> list.\n\nOk, done. I think it's ready if you can bare the slowness of the\n'checkout' method. The only missing feature is tags, but should be\neasy to implement.\n\n-- \nFelipe Contreras\n"},{"id":"90630","messageId":"200809131402.11413.jnareb@gmail.com","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":"94a0d4530809130352v5775be53sc14b354b8c1dae15@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-13T12:02:08Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-13T12:02:08Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Felipe Contreras wrote:\n> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote:\n>> \"Felipe Contreras\" writes:\n>>\n>>> This is the result of various experiments I've been doing while trying\n>>> to import mtn repositories into git. I've looked into other mtn2git\n>>> scripts but none fitted my needs.\n>>\n>> mtn or mnt?\n> \n> monotone = mtn\n\nThanks.\n\nMy confusion resulted from the fact that 'monotone' has 'n' both\nbefore and after 't'.\n \n>>> After some RFCs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now that\n>>> the script is going in the right direction.\n>>\n>> When you feel this script to be ready, could you add it to the\n>> \"Interaction with other Revision Control Systems\" section on\n>> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools\n>> As far as I can see there ain't any Monotone to Git converter on this\n>> list.\n> \n> Ok, done. I think it's ready if you can bare the slowness of the\n> 'checkout' method. The only missing feature is tags, but should be\n> easy to implement.\n\nThank you.\n\nBTW. did you have any problems with (from what I understand) slightly\ndifferent concept of branches between Monotone and Git?\n\n-- \nJakub Narebski\nPoland\n"},{"id":"90632","messageId":"94a0d4530809130821h6f424695xe09386243c3213c3@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":"200809131402.11413.jnareb@gmail.com","subject":"Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Felipe Contreras","fromEmail":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-13T15:21:10Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-13T15:21:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"felipe.contreras@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8358?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote:\n> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Felipe Contreras wrote:\n>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote:\n>>> \"Felipe Contreras\" writes:\n\n\n\n>>>> After some RFCs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now that\n>>>> the script is going in the right direction.\n>>>\n>>> When you feel this script to be ready, could you add it to the\n>>> \"Interaction with other Revision Control Systems\" section on\n>>> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools\n>>> As far as I can see there ain't any Monotone to Git converter on this\n>>> list.\n>>\n>> Ok, done. I think it's ready if you can bare the slowness of the\n>> 'checkout' method. The only missing feature is tags, but should be\n>> easy to implement.\n>\n> Thank you.\n>\n> BTW. did you have any problems with (from what I understand) slightly\n> different concept of branches between Monotone and Git?\n\nMonotone can have multiple heads in one single branch, but from what I\nunderstand that mostly happens locally (not on the published repo).\nAnyway, If that happens the commits are still there, just dangling\ntemporarily in no branch.\n\nThere isn't much we can do for that situation, except maybe create\nbranch_n or something. I don't think it's a big problem.\n\n-- \nFelipe Contreras\n"},{"id":"90724","messageId":"48CE25B6.40608@bluegap.ch","threadId":"15509","inReplyTo":"94a0d4530809130821h6f424695xe09386243c3213c3@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1","fromName":"Markus Wanner","fromEmail":"markus@bluegap.ch","sentAt":"2008-09-15T09:07:02Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-15T09:07:02Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"markus@bluegap.ch","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/2f3aadbc46c7c942fa9301d0bb9b91da8c7186233f4c7eff9667a8b53c8cc82e?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi,\n\nFelipe Contreras wrote:\n> Monotone can have multiple heads in one single branch, but from what I\n> understand that mostly happens locally (not on the published repo).\n\nUh.. no, I'd say quite the opposite: if multiple developers work on the \nsame branch and do their commits, the first time both heads appear in \nthe same branch on the same machine will be the public repository.\n\n> Anyway, If that happens the commits are still there, just dangling\n> temporarily in no branch.\n\n..for the mtn repo imported into git that is, right?\n\nRegards\n\nMarkus Wanner (ne Schiltknecht)\n"}]}