annotate hgext3rd/topic/README @ 6889:a66cf9008781

obslog: also display patch for rebased changesets

This applies the same logic that is used for "merge-diff" to rebased
changesets. The successors' content is compared to the content of the
predecessors rebased in-memory on the new parents.

This highlights the changes that were actually introduced while rebasing (like
conflict resolution or API adjustment).

As a side effect, obslog now also outputs slightly more diffs for splits,
showing what parts of the original big changeset were moved to the smaller
split components (but for now it only works for the first few changesets).

Topic Extension
================

This packages also provides the ``topic`` experiment in an independent
extension. It implements a new experimental concept to provide lightweight
feature branches for the mutable parts of the history. The experiments is still
at an early stage and have significant usability and performance issues when
enabled.

How to Install
==============

The ``topic`` extension is included into the ``evolve` package, so the same instruction apply.

Using Pip
---------

You can install the latest version using pip::

    $ pip install --user hg-evolve

Then just enable it in you hgrc::

    $ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
    [extensions]
    topic =

From Source
-----------

To install a local version from source::

    $ hg clone https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/evolve/
    $ cd evolve
    $ make install-home

Enable
------

The topic extensions is included in the evolve package. See the install instruction for evolve.

Then enable it in you configuration::

    $ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
    [extensions]
    topic =

Documentation
-------------

* See 'hg help -e topic' for a generic help.
* See 'hg help topics' and 'hg help stack' for help on specific commands.
* See the 'tests/test-topic-tutorial.t' file for a quick tutorial.