tests/README

obsolete: skip 'changectx' usage in unstable computation

We simplify the unstable computation code, skipping the expensive creation of
changectx object. We focus on efficient set operation and revnumber centric
functions.

In my mercurial development repository, this provides a 3x speedup to the
function:

  before: 5.319 ms
  after:  1.844 ms

repo details:

  total changesets:       40886
  obsolete changesets:     7756
  mutable (not obsolete):   293
  unstable:                  30

To run the tests, do:

cd tests/
python run-tests.py

See https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WritingTests for
more information on writing tests.