HOWTO: Convert a darcs repository to mercurial

It seems the "easiest" way to convert a darcs repo to a mercurial repo is via git =( This uses darcs-fast-export, git-fast-import and hg convert. Other solutions such as tailor and "darcs2hg.py" exist but seem hard(er) to setup or have errors.

1. Get darcs fast-export from bzr-fast-import:
   

   git clone git://vmiklos.hu/bzr-fastimport
   

2. The only thing you care about in the entire bzr-fast-import repo is "darcs-fast-export" (a python script) in bzr-fastimport/exporters/darcs.
3. Checkout the darcs project
   

   mkdir project; cd project; darcs get codebox:/code/project project.darcs; cd .. 
   

4. Convert darcs to git (in Ubuntu karmic git-fast-import isn't in PATH)
   

   mkdir project/project.git; cd project/project.git; git init
   ../../darcs-fast-export.py ../project.darcs | /usr/lib/git-core/git-fast-import; cd .. 
   

5. Convert git to hg
   

   hg convert project.git project.hg; cd project.hg; hg update