README.rst
author Valentin Gatien-Baron <valentin.gatienbaron@gmail.com>
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:33:22 -0500
changeset 48737 a6efb9180764
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
sparse: rework debugsparse's interface hg debugsparse supports arguments like --include, similar to `hg tracked --addinclude` or `hg log --include`. But in `hg debugsparse`, the pattern is not an argument of the flag, instead the patterns are the anonymous command line arguments. Not only is this surprising, it makes it impossible to use --include and --exclude in the same invocation, or --reset --exclude. So I propose making debugsparse making --include, --exclude take an argument, and rejecting anonymous command line arguments, as well as allowing mixing several of these flags in one invocations. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12155

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.