Mercurial tries to access svn root while converting

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Im trying to migrate SVN repository to Mercurial. When i try to convert SVN repository using the below command: C:>hg convert https://remote.server.com/svn/main/components/component1/trunk .

i get this error: abort: log stream exception '("access to 'https://remote.server.com/svn/main' forbidden", 175013)'

I do have access to the trunk [https://remote.server.com/svn/main/components/component1/trunk].

But i do not have access to the root [https://remote.server.com/svn/main]

Why is mercurial trying to access the root instead of trunk while converting. Please assist.

Here are the versions of the software i have:

Tortoise hg: 2.10 Subversion: 1.6.16

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I used debug to see whats going on: and hg convert tries to reparent to the root. C:>hg -v --debug convert remote.server.com/svn/main/components/component1/trunk reparent to remote.server.com/svn/main abort: log stream exception '("access to 'remote.server.com/svn/main' forbidden", 175013)' Couldnt understand why hg convert reparent to the root. – user3309928

1 Answers

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Convert recommends using svnsync to sync the svn repo locally before converting, and it's really good advice. It's more reliable and lets you retry/re-import more quickly.