From d6cd058bb300e77eb8dc43357ed65bf5e2e648d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frej Drejhammar Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:09:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] hg-fast-export: Point out that only local repos are supported Signed-off-by: Frej Drejhammar --- hg-fast-export.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/hg-fast-export.txt b/hg-fast-export.txt index 356ba8a..8b33520 100644 --- a/hg-fast-export.txt +++ b/hg-fast-export.txt @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ As each git-fast-import run creates a new pack file, it may be required to repack the repository quite often for incremental imports (especially when importing a small number of changesets per incremental import). +The way the hg API and remote access protocol is designed it is not +possible to use hg-fast-export on remote repositories +(http/ssh). First clone the repository, then convert it. + Design ====== -- 2.11.4.GIT