format: create new repository as 'generaldelta' by default
Since we have pushed back the performance issue related to general delta behind
another configuration (Still off by default), we can safely create new
repository with general delta support. As client are compatible with it since
Mercurial 1.9 (4.5 years ago) I do no expect any significant compatibility
issues.
$ hg init
$ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
> [extensions]
> prefixfilter = prefix.py
> [encode]
> *.txt = stripprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> [decode]
> *.txt = insertprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> EOF
$ cat > prefix.py <<EOF
> from mercurial import error
> def stripprefix(s, cmd, filename, **kwargs):
> header = '%s\n' % cmd
> if s[:len(header)] != header:
> raise error.Abort('missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
> return s[len(header):]
> def insertprefix(s, cmd):
> return '%s\n%s' % (cmd, s)
> def reposetup(ui, repo):
> repo.adddatafilter('stripprefix:', stripprefix)
> repo.adddatafilter('insertprefix:', insertprefix)
> EOF
$ cat > .hgignore <<EOF
> .hgignore
> prefix.py
> prefix.pyc
> EOF
$ cat > stuff.txt <<EOF
> Copyright 2046, The Masters
> Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
> EOF
$ hg add stuff.txt
$ hg ci -m stuff
Repository data:
$ hg cat stuff.txt
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
Fresh checkout:
$ rm stuff.txt
$ hg up -C
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cat stuff.txt
Copyright 2046, The Masters
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
$ echo "Very very carefully." >> stuff.txt
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
$ echo "Unauthorized material subject to destruction." > morestuff.txt
Problem encoding:
$ hg add morestuff.txt
$ hg ci -m morestuff
abort: missing header "Copyright 2046, The Masters" in morestuff.txt
[255]
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
A morestuff.txt