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authorFrej Drejhammar <frej.drejhammar@gmail.com>2009-01-16 20:09:52 +0100
committerFrej Drejhammar <frej.drejhammar@gmail.com>2009-01-16 20:09:52 +0100
commitd6cd058bb300e77eb8dc43357ed65bf5e2e648d0 (patch)
tree10a9c22365670d3dcfc5cba6d3d3f2586fac8dc1
parent9f278a979294175873818ee6cdb787e712a4acbf (diff)
downloadhg-fast-export-d6cd058bb300e77eb8dc43357ed65bf5e2e648d0.tar.gz
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
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@@ -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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