README.rst
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:44:44 +0100
changeset 51563 0d4a6ab3c8da
parent 46769 c5912e35d06d
permissions -rw-r--r--
branchcache-v3: use more explicit header line The key-value approach is clearer and gives more rooms to have the format evolve in a clear way. It also provides extension (like topic) simpler way to extend the validation scheme. This is just a small evolution, the V3 format is still a work in progress.

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.