pidgin-git-import is a project that provides simple scripts to convert pidgin's mtn repository to git. Since it uses mtn's git_export the end result is guaranteed to be an almost-exact replica of the original repo. You'll need a very recent version of monotone: 0.46. If you don't have the pidgin mtn repository: $ ./init Otherwise, just $ ./import And if you want to fix the repo (bad commits, missing authors, etc.): $ ./fix To trim the repsitory: $ ./trim And to split into multiple repositories: $ ./split If you want to compress the repos, run: $ ./compress