README.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:04:29 +0100
changeset 51519 ec640dc9cebd
parent 46756 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
branchcache: use an explicit class for the v2 version This prepare the introduction of an experimental v3 format version. In the process, we move the description of the format in that new class.

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.