Converting bzr repositories to git

After using Bazaar for some projects and Git for others, I decided to stay on Git, mainly for speed and github.

Here's what I did to convert my bzr repositories to Git, keeping history:

Install bzr-fastimport from your package manager or, if you're not on GNU/Linux, download it from http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/BzrFastImport.

Create your new Git repository

	$ git init project_git
	$ cd project_git

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Copy the history

$ bzr fast-export ../project_bzr | git fast-import

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Do a checkout to get the files. Git will act like nothing happend, but ls before and after will tell you otherwise

$ git checkout master

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If you used bzr ignore, rename the list so it will be used by Git

$ mv .bzrignore .gitignore

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You could do a commit to mark the change. If you didn't rename .bzrignore, you'll have to force it:

$ git commit --allow-empty

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If this isn't a one-shot conversion and you need to update the Git repository again, you can use marks so only new changes are exported. Read the comments on this page for a short tutorial.