gistfile1.sh

git clone git://repo.or.cz/fast-export.git
mkdir fast-export/log
mkdir your_new_git_repo
cd !$
git init
../fast-export/hg-fast-export.sh --force -r "../path_to/hg_repo" &> "../fast-export/log/export_log"
git gc --aggressive &>/dev/null &
# wait. it may take a while for the git gc command to finish even though it looks like it finished quickly.