--- a/hgext/convert/hg.py
+++ b/hgext/convert/hg.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class mercurial_sink(converter_sink):
branchpath, rev=parents, update=False,
stream=True)
self.repo = hg.repository(self.ui, branchpath)
+ self.before()
def putcommit(self, files, parents, commit):
seen = {}