HG Convert not working on local CVS repository

Question

I have been trying to use HG convert to migrate a local CVS repository to HG. When I run the command...

hg convert CATools

I see the following message:

"Valid-requests", but got '')

"Valid-requests", but got '')> assuming destination CATools-hg

initializing destination CATools-hg repository connecting to :sspi:shcgl-egcrizan:2401:/cvsroot Unknown command: `server'

CVS commands are: add Add a new file/directory to the repository admin Administration front end for rcs annotate Show last revision where each line was modified checkout Checkout sources for editing commit Check files into the repository diff Show differences between revisions edit Get ready to edit a watched file editors See who is editing a watched file export Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout history Show repository access history import Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches init Create a CVS repository if it doesn't exist log Print out history information for files login Prompt for password for authenticating server logout Removes entry in .cvspass for remote repository rannotate Show last revision where each line of module was modified rdiff Create 'patch' format diffs between releases release Indicate that a Module is no longer in use remove Remove an entry from the repository rlog Print out history information for a module rtag Add a symbolic tag to a module status Display status information on checked out files tag Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files unedit Undo an edit command update Bring work tree in sync with repository version Show current CVS version(s) watch Set watches watchers See who is watching a file (Specify the --help option for a list of other help options) abort: unexpected response from CVS server (expected "Valid-requests", but got '')"Valid-requests", but got '')

Has anybody found a workaround? I found this article but do not understand how to do this on Windows.

http://blog.edsantiago.com/archives/2009/02/19/#e2009-02-19T19_23_32.txt

Answer 1

Please consider using cvs2hg for the conversion. "hg convert" is known to have problems with nontrivial CVS repositories, for example often silently producing a Mercurial repository whose branch/tag contents do not agree with those in the CVS repository. Unless you require incremental conversion (and can live with inaccuracies), "hg convert" is not a reliable solution for converting from CVS to Mercurial.

Answer 2

How "local" is local? If you have filesystem access to the CVS repository, you can just copy it over and do a real local hg convert.