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Re: [ANN] mtn2git v0.1

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 13, 2008, 12:02 UTC
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<200809131402.11413.jnareb@gmail.com>
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> This is the result of various experiments I've been doing while trying
>>> to import mtn repositories into git. I've looked into other mtn2git
>>> scripts but none fitted my needs.
>>
>> mtn or mnt?
> 
> monotone = mtn
Thanks.
My confusion resulted from the fact that 'monotone' has 'n' both
before and after 't'.
 
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>>> After some RFCs on git and monotone mailing lists it seems now that
>>> the script is going in the right direction.
>>
>> When you feel this script to be ready, could you add it to the
>> "Interaction with other Revision Control Systems" section on
>>  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools
>> As far as I can see there ain't any Monotone to Git converter on this
>> list.
> 
> Ok, done. I think it's ready if you can bare the slowness of the
> 'checkout' method. The only missing feature is tags, but should be
> easy to implement.
Thank you.

BTW. did you have any problems with (from what I understand) slightly different concept of branches between Monotone and Git?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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