contrib/chg/README
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cHg
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A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.
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Install:
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 $ make
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 $ make install
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Usage:
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 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
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 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
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 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server
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Environment variables:
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Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
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changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
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handled:
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 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
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 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
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   background command server.
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The following variables are available for testing:
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 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
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 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
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 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
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   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60
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Build environment variables:
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 * HGPATH: the path to the hg executable to call when CHGHG and HG are not set,
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   instead of "hg"
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 * HGPATHREL=1: when CHGHG and HG are not set, the hg executable will be ./hg
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   relative to the chg executable. Only works on linux, falls back to "hg"
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   otherwise.