[darcs-users] currently preferred way to import history from Git

[Ganesh Sittampalam]

Hi,

On 21/01/2015 15:51, Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:

> I've started to explore the available ways to import history from Git,
> and have come to some uncertainty.

Apologies for that, the situation is indeed a little messy.

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> Which tool should I prefer? Are they substantially different? Does
> `darcs convert` work better than `darcs-fastconvert` from
> darcs-bridge? Are there any news in this area?

Note that darcs-fastconvert still exists independently of darcs-bridge,
see https://hackage.haskell.org/package/darcs-fastconvert

I'm not sure how up to date it is though.

'darcs convert' is currently supported.

> These things seem not to be clarified on the wiki. At least, a note in
> <http://darcs.net/DarcsBridgeUsage> stating that it is obsolete (if
> this is true) and linking to the more fresh page would help.

Good point, I've updated it as you suggest.

> Also, if I'm using darcs-2.8.4 from my distro, and according to the
> wiki, `darcs convert` is available in darcs-2.10 only, then should I
> build a new darcs or try to build darcs-bridge?

I'd suggest building a new darcs and using 'darcs convert'.

Cheers,

Ganesh