I am trying to clone some github repos locally with hggit. I am following tutorial instructions to do
$ hg clone git://github.com/schacon/hg-git.git
abort: repository git://github.com/schacon/hg-git.git not found!
$ hg clone git+ssh://git@github.com/schacon/hg-git.git
abort: repository git+ssh://git@github.com/schacon/hg-git.git not found!
I know I have hggit because the following works
$ python -c "import hggit"
$ head -n1 `which hg`
#!/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python
$ /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -c "import hggit"
Also, I have another github repo that I regularly use with hg. I forgot how I initially got it to work, but I think it was a fresh repo that I pushed into github. In the folder where I do have a working repo, I have the following (paraphrased for privacy) in my .hg/hgrc:
github = git+ssh://git@github.com:myname/repo.git
[ui]
username = Fname Lname <email@gmail.com>
[extensions]
hgext.bookmarks =
hggit =
but of course there is no hgrc for the repo that I am just trying to clone.
Update
$ hg help
gives something like
Mercurial Distributed SCM
list of commands:
add add the specified files on the next commit
addremove add all new files, delete all missing files
annotate show changeset information by line for each file
archive create an unversioned archive of a repository revision
backout reverse effect of earlier changeset
bisect subdivision search of changesets
branch set or show the current branch name
branches list repository named branches
bundle create a changegroup file
cat output the current or given revision of files
clone make a copy of an existing repository
commit commit the specified files or all outstanding changes
copy mark files as copied for the next commit
diff diff repository (or selected files)
export dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
forget forget the specified files on the next commit
grep search for a pattern in specified files and revisions
heads show current repository heads or show branch heads
help show help for a given topic or a help overview
identify identify the working copy or specified revision
import import an ordered set of patches
incoming show new changesets found in source
init create a new repository in the given directory
locate locate files matching specific patterns
log show revision history of entire repository or files
manifest output the current or given revision of the project manifest
merge merge working directory with another revision
outgoing show changesets not found in the destination
parents show the parents of the working directory or revision
paths show aliases for remote repositories
pull pull changes from the specified source
push push changes to the specified destination
recover roll back an interrupted transaction
remove remove the specified files on the next commit
rename rename files; equivalent of copy + remove
resolve redo merges or set/view the merge status of files
revert restore individual files or directories to an earlier state
rollback roll back the last transaction (dangerous)
root print the root (top) of the current working directory
serve start stand-alone webserver
showconfig show combined config settings from all hgrc files
status show changed files in the working directory
summary summarize working directory state
tag add one or more tags for the current or given revision
tags list repository tags
tip show the tip revision
unbundle apply one or more changegroup files
update update working directory (or switch revisions)
verify verify the integrity of the repository
version output version and copyright information
additional help topics:
config Configuration Files
dates Date Formats
patterns File Name Patterns
environment Environment Variables
revisions Specifying Single Revisions
multirevs Specifying Multiple Revisions
revsets Specifying Revision Sets
diffs Diff Formats
merge-tools Merge Tools
templating Template Usage
urls URL Paths
extensions Using additional features
subrepos Subrepositories
hgweb Configuring hgweb
glossary Glossary
use "hg -v help" to show aliases and global options
$ hg help extensions
gives something like
Using additional features
Mercurial has the ability to add new features through the use of extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to existing commands, change the default
behavior of commands, or implement hooks.
Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons: they can increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced usage only; they may provide
potentially dangerous abilities (such as letting you destroy or modify history); they might not be ready for prime time; or they may alter some usual behaviors of
stock Mercurial. It is thus up to the user to activate extensions as needed.
To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in the Python search path, create an entry for it in your configuration file, like this:
[extensions]
foo =
You may also specify the full path to an extension:
[extensions]
myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py
To explicitly disable an extension enabled in a configuration file of broader scope, prepend its path with !:
[extensions]
# disabling extension bar residing in /path/to/extension/bar.py
bar = !/path/to/extension/bar.py
# ditto, but no path was supplied for extension baz
baz = !
disabled extensions:
acl hooks for controlling repository access
bookmarks track a line of development with movable markers
bugzilla hooks for integrating with the Bugzilla bug tracker
children command to display child changesets
churn command to display statistics about repository history
color colorize output from some commands
convert import revisions from foreign VCS repositories into Mercurial
eol automatically manage newlines in repository files
extdiff command to allow external programs to compare revisions
fetch pull, update and merge in one command
gpg commands to sign and verify changesets
graphlog command to view revision graphs from a shell
hgcia hooks for integrating with the CIA.vc notification service
hgk browse the repository in a graphical way
highlight syntax highlighting for hgweb (requires Pygments)
interhg expand expressions into changelog and summaries
keyword expand keywords in tracked files
mq manage a stack of patches
notify hooks for sending email notifications at commit/push time
pager browse command output with an external pager
parentrevspec
interpret suffixes to refer to ancestor revisions
patchbomb command to send changesets as (a series of) patch emails
progress show progress bars for some actions
purge command to delete untracked files from the working directory
rebase command to move sets of revisions to a different ancestor
record commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh
relink recreates hardlinks between repository clones
schemes extend schemes with shortcuts to repository swarms
share share a common history between several working directories
transplant command to transplant changesets from another branch
win32mbcs allow the use of MBCS paths with problematic encodings
win32text perform automatic newline conversion
zeroconf discover and advertise repositories on the local network
Update: Fix So the problem was that I did not have a '$HOME/.hgrc' file to use the extensions. Once I added this file and the extension information, everything worked fine!