README.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:49:06 +0100
changeset 48600 d9017df70135
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
stream-clone: filter possible missing requirements using all supported one The `supportedformat` requirements is missing some important requirements and it seems better to filter out with all requirements we know, not just an "arbitrary" subset. This is especially relevant as we about to phase out the `supportedformat` class attribute. (a backport of this change to stable should be sent soon). Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12031

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.