convert: add support to detect git renames and copies
Git is fairly unique among VCSes in that it doesn't record copies and renames,
instead choosing to detect them on the fly. Since Mercurial expects copies and
renames to be recorded, it can be valuable to preserve this history while
converting a Git repository to Mercurial. This patch adds a new convert option,
called 'convert.git.similarity', which determines how similar files must be to
be treated as renames or copies.
$ cat > writepatterns.py <<EOF
> import sys
>
> path = sys.argv[1]
> patterns = sys.argv[2:]
>
> fp = file(path, 'wb')
> for pattern in patterns:
> count = int(pattern[0:-1])
> char = pattern[-1] + '\n'
> fp.write(char*count)
> fp.close()
> EOF
prepare repo
$ hg init a
$ cd a
These initial lines of Xs were not in the original file used to generate
the patch. So all the patch hunks need to be applied to a constant offset
within this file. If the offset isn't tracked then the hunks can be
applied to the wrong lines of this file.
$ python ../writepatterns.py a 34X 10A 1B 10A 1C 10A 1B 10A 1D 10A 1B 10A 1E 10A 1B 10A
$ hg commit -Am adda
adding a
This is a cleaner patch generated via diff
In this case it reproduces the problem when
the output of hg export does not
import patch
$ hg import -v -m 'b' -d '2 0' - <<EOF
> --- a/a 2009-12-08 19:26:17.000000000 -0800
> +++ b/a 2009-12-08 19:26:17.000000000 -0800
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> A
> A
> B
> -A
> +a
> A
> A
> A
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
> A
> A
> B
> -A
> +a
> A
> A
> A
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
> A
> A
> B
> -A
> +a
> A
> A
> A
> EOF
applying patch from stdin
patching file a
Hunk #1 succeeded at 43 (offset 34 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 87 (offset 34 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 109 (offset 34 lines).
a
created 189885cecb41
compare imported changes against reference file
$ python ../writepatterns.py aref 34X 10A 1B 1a 9A 1C 10A 1B 10A 1D 10A 1B 1a 9A 1E 10A 1B 1a 9A
$ diff aref a
$ cd ..