title: how can I tell if `hg convert` is actually doing anything?
body: <p>I'm using Mercurial on Win32 (Server 03). I'd like to copy a Subversion repo on my local drive to a Mercurial repo on my local drive so that I can test the merging abilities of mercurial vs subversion.  </p>
  
  <p>Is <code>hg convert</code> the right command to use? </p>
  
  <p>After I do this: 
  <code>"c:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\hg.exe" convert c:\dev\SubversionRepo\MyRepo -r 123456 -s svn c:\devhg\MyRepo_123456</code></p>
  
  <p>I get a message that says: </p>
  
  <pre><code>8 Created MyRepo branch again as a copy from  http://.../Branches/SourceRepo. 
  There was another MyRepo  branch in this same location that was deleted.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>OK now I'm nervous. Branch in this location that was <strong>deleted</strong>? Nooo I don't want to be deleting branches. </p>
  
  <p>And now the convert command seems stalled. There are no files being created in <code>c:\devhg\MyRepo_123456</code> beyond the basic <code>.hg</code> folder. Am I doing this wrong? </p>