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

[Ben Franksen]

Ivan Zakharyaschev wrote:
> 2015-01-22 9:53 UTC+03:00, Ganesh Sittampalam <ganesh at earth.li>:
> 
>> 'darcs convert' is currently supported.
> 
> So, I believe 'darcs convert --import' doesn't have the notion of Git
> branches, does it? (At least, there are no examples of using 'darcs
> convert --import' on the wiki at all, so I can only guess.)
> 
> Then, I believe, I should proceed as follows if I want to import Git
> branches AB, A, B from repo "repo", such that AB has been merged into
> A and into B:
> 
> mkdir repo_darcsimport
> cd repo_darcsimport
> 
> 1. import AB into a darcs directory ("AB"):
> 
> mkdir AB
> cd AB
> (cd ../../repo; git fast-export AB) | darcs convert import
> cd ..
> 
> 2. import the complement of AB w.r.t. A into "A"
> 
> darcs get AB A
> cd A
> (cd ../../repo; git fast-export AB..A) | darcs convert import
> cd ..
> 
> 
> 2. import the complement of AB w.r.t. B into "B" (analoguosly)
> 
> Correct?

Yes, that should work, assuming that AB indeed refers to the "splitting 
point" beyond which A and B differ.

Cheers & good luck with your conversion!
Ben