From: Frej Drejhammar <frej.drejhammar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:09:52 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: hg-fast-export: Point out that only local repos are supported
X-Git-Tag: v160415~62
X-Git-Url: https://repo.or.cz/w/fast-export.git/commitdiff_plain/d6cd058bb300e77eb8dc43357ed65bf5e2e648d0

hg-fast-export: Point out that only local repos are supported

Signed-off-by: Frej Drejhammar <frej.drejhammar@gmail.com>
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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
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