Don't enter an endless loop if remote hg doesn't answer, show remote noise.
The endless loop is not only triggered if the remote shell is too noisy, but
even if the local ssh command dies due to an error.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys, os
from mercurial import hg
f = sys.argv[1]
r1 = hg.revlog(open, f + ".i", f + ".d")
r2 = hg.revlog(open, f + ".i2", f + ".d2")
tr = hg.transaction(open, "journal")
for i in xrange(r1.count()):
n = r1.node(i)
p1, p2 = r1.parents(n)
l = r1.linkrev(n)
t = r1.revision(n)
n2 = r2.addrevision(t, tr, l, p1, p2)
tr.close()
os.rename(f + ".i", f + ".i.old")
os.rename(f + ".d", f + ".d.old")
os.rename(f + ".i2", f + ".i")
os.rename(f + ".d2", f + ".d")