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The "fast import" format originates with Git, where it is used as
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the generic backend for converting other SCM repositories to git.
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It's generic enough that it can be used to feed a Mercurial repository
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as well, and that's what this extension does: read a "fast import"
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stream and turn it into changesets in a Mercurial repository. The
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potential of this extension is that any foreign SCM that can be
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converted to Git can also be converted to Mercurial, regardless of
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the capabilities of Mercurial's own ConvertExtension. The catch is
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that the conversion is a little cumbersome: first convert to a
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fast-import dump, then feed that dump to Mercurial.
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