Converting Perforce depots to Mercurial repositories with hg convert

Converting Perforce to Mercurial repositories is fast (4-5 seconds for a 500MB repository with 300 revisions).

You'll also want to start p4d and log into P4V before, so it caches credentials.

1. Setup your p4 client:

export P4PORT=localhost:1666

export P4CLIENT=your_client_here

2. Enable hg converter by adding to ~/.hgrc

[extensions]

hgext.convert=

3. Start p4d

./p4d &

4. Convert the depot:

You need to specify a revision. Look it up in the p4 client (depot-details-revision). @all might also work.

hg convert //depot/...@307 converted-perforce path/to/hg-repo

5. Look at the history

hg history

6. Look at diffs and history with a graphical tool. This should give you a better idea of branches and such.

hgview

7. Clone your repository

hg clone /path/to/hg-repo

8. Publish your repository via the web interface

hg serve

9. Browse around

http://localhost:8000/

Additional notes:

Keep an eye on:

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/RepositoryConversion#Perforce