Converting bazaar repository to git

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Converting bazaar repository to git

To convert bazaar repository to git use following steps:

1. Download bazaar fastimport plugin using:

   bzr branch lp:bzr-fastimport fastimport

2. Move it to ~/.bazaar/plugins folder
3. yum -y install python-fastimport
4. Take backup of bazaar repo folder
5. Do "git init --shared" inside repository folder
6. Finally use:

   bzr fast-export --plain . | git fast-import
   git checkout -f master
   rm -rf .bzr

Steps learned from http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/BzrFastImport#Documentation and https://astrofloyd.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/convert-bzr-to-git/

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