README.rst
author Raphaël Gomès <rgomes@octobus.net>
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:57:06 +0200
changeset 49121 10edc54d18f1
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
rust-dirstatemap: remove `set_dirstate_entry`/`set_entry` methods These methods were needed crutches before the Rust implementation caught up to Python. Calling `set_entry` (whether from Python or Rust) was dangerous since it didn't update any of the counters of the DirstateMap data structure, while having no real way of knowing when to use it "correctly" except it you were one of the 3 people who looked deep enough into the soul of this code. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12519

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install::

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing::

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.

Notes for packagers
===================

Mercurial ships a copy of the python-zstandard sources. This is used to
provide support for zstd compression and decompression functionality. The
module is not intended to be replaced by the plain python-zstandard nor
is it intended to use a system zstd library. Patches can result in hard
to diagnose errors and are explicitly discouraged as unsupported
configuration.