Re: Migrating bitbucket

[Greg Keogh]

> I'm sure you've seen this but just in case
> https://github.com/dusty-phillips/gitifyhg   it says it needs python 2.7
>

Too much bother. I've already created a new Team and I'm about to run my
first convert over to git -- *GK*

Re: Migrating bitbucket

[Preet Sangha]

Greg, Can you not use a container for the python downloads?

I'm sure you've seen this but just in case
https://github.com/dusty-phillips/gitifyhg   it says it needs python 2.7

regards,
Preet, in Auckland NZ



On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 14:13, Greg Keogh  wrote:

>
> A few years ago I ended up doing these manually and took the opportunity
>> to upgrade our solutions/projects also. Didn’t find an easy or reliable way
>> but that was at least 2 years ago from memory.
>>
>
> Funny you should say that. After spending another futile hour wading
> through crazy suggestions that involve tools that I can't find or don't
> trust, and refusing to install the full Python runtime for other utilities
> ... I think I'll just commit the current source directly into fresh git
> repos without all the history and branches. I'll move the local copies of
> the old Mercurial repos into an archive folder where I can refer to the
> history if necessary.
>
> So basically, I give up and I'm taking the dumb blunt way out.
>
> The whole version control ecosystem is like the playground of asylum
> inmates.
>
> *GK*
>

Re: Migrating bitbucket

[Greg Keogh]

> A few years ago I ended up doing these manually and took the opportunity
> to upgrade our solutions/projects also. Didn’t find an easy or reliable way
> but that was at least 2 years ago from memory.
>

Funny you should say that. After spending another futile hour wading
through crazy suggestions that involve tools that I can't find or don't
trust, and refusing to install the full Python runtime for other utilities
... I think I'll just commit the current source directly into fresh git
repos without all the history and branches. I'll move the local copies of
the old Mercurial repos into an archive folder where I can refer to the
history if necessary.

So basically, I give up and I'm taking the dumb blunt way out.

The whole version control ecosystem is like the playground of asylum
inmates.

*GK*

Re: Migrating bitbucket

[Tom Rutter]

A few years ago I ended up doing these manually and took the opportunity to
upgrade our solutions/projects also. Didn’t find an easy or reliable way
but that was at least 2 years ago from memory.

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 11:01, Greg Keogh  wrote:

> Does anyone here know of a reliable (and easy!) way of converting
> Bitbucket Mercurial repos to Git? I've run web searches and found dozens of
> jumbled articles that contradict each other, have arguments in the
> comments, rely on software that I don't have, or just produce error
> messages. All I can do is keep futzing around until my fingers bleed and
> something accidentally makes sense or works, but maybe someone in here has
> been through this already. These steps
>  looked simple and
> sensible, but I just get "repository not found" on the push.
>
> I'm livid with rage that Bitbucket didn't just implement some button to
> click that did the migration automatically, it would have been penance for
> dropping support. Lord knows how many people like me have hundreds of repos
> to convert.
>
> *Greg K*
>

Migrating bitbucket

[Greg Keogh]

Does anyone here know of a reliable (and easy!) way of converting Bitbucket
Mercurial repos to Git? I've run web searches and found dozens of jumbled
articles that contradict each other, have arguments in the comments, rely
on software that I don't have, or just produce error messages. All I can do
is keep futzing around until my fingers bleed and something accidentally
makes sense or works, but maybe someone in here has been through this
already. These steps 
looked simple and sensible, but I just get "repository not found" on the
push.

I'm livid with rage that Bitbucket didn't just implement some button to
click that did the migration automatically, it would have been penance for
dropping support. Lord knows how many people like me have hundreds of repos
to convert.

*Greg K*