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RE: Can git pull from a mercurial repository?

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Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
Date
Sep 18, 2012, 12:40 UTC
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> From: Andreas Schwab [mailto:schwab@linux-m68k.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:34 PM
> To: Joachim Schmitz
> Cc: 'Georgi Chorbadzhiyski'; git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Can git pull from a mercurial repository?
> 
> "Joachim Schmitz" <jojo@schmitz-digital.de> writes:
> 
> > Thanks, but that requires Mercurial to be available, installed and in PATH.
> > I want to use git exactly because I don't have Mercurial (yet?)
> 
> That doesn't make sense.  If one wants to access a mercurial repository
> the best way to do that is to use the facilities provided by mercurial.

Not if you don't have Mercurial to begin with. Git can access cvs and svn repos, right? And without having cvs/scv on the machine...

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  6. Martin LanghoffSep 25, 2012
  7. Max HornSep 25, 2012
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  9. Georgi ChorbadzhiyskiSep 26, 2012
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  12. Cosmin StejereanSep 26, 2012
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  15. Georgi ChorbadzhiyskiSep 18, 2012
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