README.rst
author Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:39:55 -0800
changeset 48782 c7dbfc363655
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
filemerge: when using in-memory merge, always put backup files in temp dir Before calling a merge tool, we create a backup of the local side of the merge. That file can be put in the working copy or in a temporary directory, depending on the user's config. When we're merging in memory, we don't want to write to the actual, on-disk working copy, so we write the file to the in-memory working copy instead. However, since we don't support external merge tools with in-memory merge, it makes no difference where the file is actually stored (and if we ever do add support for external merge tools, then the file clearly can't live in the in-memory working-copy object anyway). So, since it doesn't matter where the file is stored, we can simplify by always putting them in the system's temp directory. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12187

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.