README.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:49:14 +0200
branchstable
changeset 49469 b5c8524827d2
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
dirstate-v2: no longer register the data-file during transaction If the data file change during the transaction, we cannot truncate it. The content of the file itself is fine as it will get backed up at the same time as the docket. Leaving the trailing data at the end of failed transaction is fine. The dirstate-v2 format supports it. The dead data will simply we written over if necessary.

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.