Moving a project from google code to github

Finally moved my old cmakeant project from google-code to github (I have been meaning to do this for ages). In case you are trying to do the same, here are the steps:

1. Download the mercurial repo from google code

    hg clone https://iainhull@code.google.com/p/cmakeant/ cmakeant-hg
   

2. Use fast-export to convert the mercurial repository to git. Note: I needed to add mercurial on my PYTHONPATH

    git clone git://repo.or.cz/fast-export.git
    export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/Cellar/mercurial//2.3.1/libexec/:$PYTHONPATH    
   

3. Create a new git repo and clone the mercurial repo

    git init cmakeant-git
    cd cmakeant-git
    ../fast-export/hg-fast-export.sh -r ../cmakeant-hg/
   

4. Create .gitignore, readme and license and commit any changes

    cp .hgignore .gitignore
    vi .gitignore
    vi README.md
    wget http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
    git add -n .
    # verify files added
    git add .
    git commit
   

5. Create a new repo on github (using the web interface).

6. Set the origin on your local repo and push the changes to github

    git remote add origin https://github.com/IainHull/cmakeant.git
    git push -u origin master
   

7. Finally move the issues from the google code tracker to github. (I found some alpha code that could do this, but decided to import the few issues I had manually).

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