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Asked: 2026-05-18T11:18:35+00:00

I have been trying to use HG convert to migrate a local CVS repository

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I have been trying to use HG convert to migrate a local CVS repository to HG. When I run the command…

hg convert CATools

I see the following message:

“Valid-requests”, but got ”)

“Valid-requests”, but got ”)> assuming destination CATools-hg

initializing destination CATools-hg
repository connecting to
:sspi:shcgl-egcrizan:2401:/cvsroot
Unknown command: `server’

CVS commands are:
add Add a new file/directory to the repository
admin Administration front end for rcs
annotate Show last revision where each line was modified
checkout Checkout sources for editing
commit Check files into the repository
diff Show differences between revisions
edit Get ready to edit a watched file
editors See who is editing a watched file
export Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
history Show repository access history
import Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
init Create a CVS repository if it doesn’t exist
log Print out history information for files
login Prompt for password for authenticating server
logout Removes entry in .cvspass for remote repository
rannotate Show last revision where each line of module was
modified
rdiff Create ‘patch’ format diffs between releases
release Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
remove Remove an entry from the repository
rlog Print out history information for a module
rtag Add a symbolic tag to a module
status Display status information on checked out files
tag Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files
unedit Undo an edit command
update Bring work tree in sync with repository
version Show current CVS version(s)
watch Set watches
watchers See who is watching a file (Specify the –help
option for a list of other help
options) abort: unexpected response
from CVS server (expected
“Valid-requests”, but got ”)”Valid-requests”, but got ”)

Has anybody found a workaround? I found this article but do not understand how to do this on Windows.

http://blog.edsantiago.com/archives/2009/02/19/#e2009-02-19T19_23_32.txt

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  1. Editorial Team

    Please consider using cvs2hg for the conversion. “hg convert” is known to have problems with nontrivial CVS repositories, for example often silently producing a Mercurial repository whose branch/tag contents do not agree with those in the CVS repository. Unless you require incremental conversion (and can live with inaccuracies), “hg convert” is not a reliable solution for converting from CVS to Mercurial.

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