What am I doing wrong?/What is hg-git supposed to accomplish?

[brig...@gmail.com]

Hello all,

I apologize in advance for the primitive nature of my post, and if I'm posting in the wrong forum.

Per http://hg-git.github.io/ I installed Python (based on what I read, had to use the 32 bit version even though my computer is 64 bit) so I can get easy_install to install hg-git.

Then I added...

[extensions]

hgext.bookmarks = 

hggit =

...to my .hgrc file.

After I commit my changes under Mercurial, are those changes automatically supposed to commit to github?  Because it isn't.

Do I first push them via SourceTree?  Because SourceTree has no record of my Mercurial commits.

How do I confirm I installed correctly?

Thanks for your help.

P.S.  Will hg git push all my Mercurial history to github?  If not, I might just drop Mercurial and use git directly.

[Augie Fackler]

On Nov 5, 2014, at 10:17 AM, brig...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I apologize in advance for the primitive nature of my post, and if I'm posting in the wrong forum.
>
> Per http://hg-git.github.io/ I installed Python (based on what I read, had to use the 32 bit version even though my computer is 64 bit) so I can get easy_install to install hg-git.

You should be able to use any Python and things should be fine. If you're on windows, then other oddities may apply that I can't help with.

>
> Then I added...
>
> [extensions]
> hgext.bookmarks =
> hggit =
>
> ...to my .hgrc file.
>
> After I commit my changes under Mercurial, are those changes automatically supposed to commit to github? Because it isn't.

No, you still have to push to gitub.

> Do I first push them via SourceTree? Because SourceTree has no record of my Mercurial commits.

Huh? Not sure what you're asking here.

>
> How do I confirm I installed correctly?

'hg showconfig extensions' shows something about hg-git

'hg gexport' runs and has no errors.

>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> P.S. Will hg git push all my Mercurial history to github? If not, I might just drop Mercurial and use git directly.

Yes, that's why it exists.

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[brig...@gmail.com]

Augie,

 

Thank you for your help.

I typed "hg showconfig extensions" and I got some stuff about hg git, so that's good.  Next, I typed "hg gexport" and it said "unknown command 'gexport'".  So I typed "hg export" and it said.

*** failed to import extension hggit: No module named hggit

abort: export requires at least one changeset

Any ideas?

Yes, I am using Windows 7.

Thanks.

Adam

 

[Augie Fackler]

On Nov 5, 2014, at 2:22 PM, brig...@gmail.com wrote:

Augie,

 

Thank you for your help.

I typed "hg showconfig extensions" and I got some stuff about hg git, so that's good.  Next, I typed "hg gexport" and it said "unknown command 'gexport'".  So I typed "hg export" and it said.

*** failed to import extension hggit: No module named hggit

This is telling you that hg-git isn't installed in the Python that's in use by your hg installation. I don't know how to help you here since you're on windows.

abort: export requires at least one changeset

Any ideas?

Yes, I am using Windows 7.

Thanks.

Adam

 

[Ben Kehoe]

In my mercurial.ini on Windows, I have the following line; instead of installing it into Python, you can just point it at the directory you installed to directly. This may fix the problem you're having.

hggit = C:\Program Files\hg-git\hggit

To address your other comments, I think you may be misunderstanding how hg-git works, and possibly don't fully grasp Git or Mercurial. Git and Mercurial are very similar DVCS's. You should read up on how they work, until you have a reasonable understanding of both systems, what repositories are, the difference between local repos and remote (like those on GitHub) and how that differs from tools that operate on repos (like SourceTree). For example, you do not "commit to GitHub"; rather, you push commits from a local repository to a GitHub repo.

Once you have the background, you'll see that both Mercurial and Git repos use a graph of commits that you can push and pull from other repositories. The purpose of hg-git is to allow Mercurial repositories to push and pull from Git repositories. So, for example, you can have a local Mercurial repository that you synchronize with a Git repository on GitHub.

--Ben

[brig...@gmail.com]

Thank you all for your prompt responses.

I'm not finding an hg-git folder under either C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86).

Also, I'm not finding a Mercurial.ini file (I'm using TortoiseHG, BTW).

Regards,

Adam

[Ben Kehoe]

You need to install hg-git manually. In TortoiseHG workbench, go to File->Clone Repository, put http://bitbucket.org/durin42/hg-git as the source, and choose your destination directory on your computer wherever you want it. Note that you may run into problems installing it under Program Files because of permissions. But once you have that, inside that directory there should be an hggit directory.

Then, in TortoiseHG workbench, go to File->Settings, and under the "global" tab click "Edit File". Then add or edit the "hggit=" line to be "hggit = <path-to-that-hggit-directory>"

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[Erik Huelsmann]

Hi,

These days TortoiseHG includes hg-git, at least, I haven't had to do anything to get TortoiseHG to pull or push my changes with github. it's important to use the right URL though. Which url are you using?

Regards,

Erik.

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[Ben Kehoe]

Thanks, Erik! I wasn't aware of that.

Augie: maybe this should be stated on the hg-git main page? http://tortoisehg.readthedocs.org/en/latest/nonhg.html#hg-git-git

[Augie Fackler]

That's a tortoise page you just linked? Ask them?

If you mean the github pages thing, feel encouraged to send a pull request.

[Ben Kehoe]

To everyone: does anyone know of other tools that come with hg-git?

[brig...@gmail.com]

Hello Erik,

When you say you haven't had to do anything to get TortoiseHG to pull or push your changes with github, does that include typing "hg gexport"?

I downloaded the latest TortoiseHG, and typing "hg gexport" no longer crashes.

However, I am unable to push.  I get an "Error 404 (Not Found)...returned code 255" message even though I click the hyperlink and it takes me to the url.

I've added the [ui] setting to my .hgrc file and the [hostfingerprints] setting to my Mercurial.ini file.

Are you typing "hg gexport"?  Are you changing your .hgrc or Mercurial.ini files?

Thank you in advance.

Adam

[brig...@gmail.com]

OK, so I set a bookmark and I pulled and merged.  Now I'm getting the "Invalid argument: when I push.  Below is a traceback.

Any assistance would be appreciated.