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POHow to keep revision timestamps while converting a repository from Mercurial to Subversion?
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copied!<p>Because of work policies, I'm forced to use Subversion. Currently I've developed some code using Mercurial, and I have to convert this repository to a new Subversion repository. The current Mercurial repository also contains legacy code parts that I copied from another SVN repository (a HW driver), and this code contains keywords (like <code>$Id: ...$</code>) that were expanded while I copied the code.</p> <p>My current approach to do the conversion is:</p> <pre><code>hg convert --dest-type svn repository.hg repository.svn </code></pre> <p>This works, unfortunately it does not preserve the timestamps of Mercurial revisions. Additionally, it expands tags in some legacy code parts where someone wrote <code>$Id: ...$</code> stuff.</p> <p>The questions:</p> <ol> <li>How can I export to Subversion, keeping the timestamps of revisions.</li> <li>How can I convert without expanding $Id:$ style keywords, or, even better, delete the offending lines while converting. Is this possible, or do I have to modify the history of the Mercurial dump before converting to make sure no keywords are present?</li> </ol> <p>Sorry if this question has been answered already, I've searched intensely with Google and on here, but I cannot find an answer for this problem. Especially the timestamp problem must be something that others have already run into.</p> <p>Cheers, H.</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I've since created a script that extracts timestamps from a Mercurial export file and updates a Subversion dumpfile, which is nothing more but a kludge, but it works. The <code>$Id:</code> problem is still unsolved, unfortunately.</p>

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