bookflow: new extension for bookmark-based branching
This extension should be helpful for feature branches - based workflows.
At my company we first considered branches, but weren't sure about creating a lot of permanent objects.
We tried bookmarks, but found some scenarios to be difficult to control.
The main problem, was the active bookmark being moved on update.
Disabling that made everything a lot more predictable.
Bookmarks move on commit, and updating means switching between them.
The extension also implements a few minor features to better guide the workflow:
- hg bookmark NAME can be ambiguous (create or move), unlike hg branch. The extension requires -rev to move.
- require an active bookmark on commit.
- some bookmarks can be protected (like @), useful for teams, that require code reviews.
- block creation of new branches.
The initial implementation requires no changes in the core, but it does rely on some implementation details.
I thought it may be useful to discuss the functionality first, and then focus making the code more robust.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4312
# rcutil.py - utilities about config paths, special config sections etc.
#
# Copyright Mercurial Contributors
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
from __future__ import absolute_import
import os
from . import (
encoding,
pycompat,
util,
)
if pycompat.iswindows:
from . import scmwindows as scmplatform
else:
from . import scmposix as scmplatform
fallbackpager = scmplatform.fallbackpager
systemrcpath = scmplatform.systemrcpath
userrcpath = scmplatform.userrcpath
def _expandrcpath(path):
'''path could be a file or a directory. return a list of file paths'''
p = util.expandpath(path)
if os.path.isdir(p):
join = os.path.join
return [join(p, f) for f, k in util.listdir(p) if f.endswith('.rc')]
return [p]
def envrcitems(env=None):
'''Return [(section, name, value, source)] config items.
The config items are extracted from environment variables specified by env,
used to override systemrc, but not userrc.
If env is not provided, encoding.environ will be used.
'''
if env is None:
env = encoding.environ
checklist = [
('EDITOR', 'ui', 'editor'),
('VISUAL', 'ui', 'editor'),
('PAGER', 'pager', 'pager'),
]
result = []
for envname, section, configname in checklist:
if envname not in env:
continue
result.append((section, configname, env[envname], '$%s' % envname))
return result
def defaultrcpath():
'''return rc paths in default.d'''
path = []
defaultpath = os.path.join(util.datapath, 'default.d')
if os.path.isdir(defaultpath):
path = _expandrcpath(defaultpath)
return path
def rccomponents():
'''return an ordered [(type, obj)] about where to load configs.
respect $HGRCPATH. if $HGRCPATH is empty, only .hg/hgrc of current repo is
used. if $HGRCPATH is not set, the platform default will be used.
if a directory is provided, *.rc files under it will be used.
type could be either 'path' or 'items', if type is 'path', obj is a string,
and is the config file path. if type is 'items', obj is a list of (section,
name, value, source) that should fill the config directly.
'''
envrc = ('items', envrcitems())
if 'HGRCPATH' in encoding.environ:
# assume HGRCPATH is all about user configs so environments can be
# overridden.
_rccomponents = [envrc]
for p in encoding.environ['HGRCPATH'].split(pycompat.ospathsep):
if not p:
continue
_rccomponents.extend(('path', p) for p in _expandrcpath(p))
else:
normpaths = lambda paths: [('path', os.path.normpath(p)) for p in paths]
_rccomponents = normpaths(defaultrcpath() + systemrcpath())
_rccomponents.append(envrc)
_rccomponents.extend(normpaths(userrcpath()))
return _rccomponents
def defaultpagerenv():
'''return a dict of default environment variables and their values,
intended to be set before starting a pager.
'''
return {'LESS': 'FRX', 'LV': '-c'}