contributing: add new file with a pointer to the wiki
This also includes what I consider to be the minimum set of steps
someone should be able to perform even if they can't run the
testsuite. Hopefully this will help new contributors know to at least
run the two checkers that find most things that (in my experience)
require manual cleanup.
# diffhelpers.py - pure Python implementation of diffhelpers.c
#
# Copyright 2009 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> and others
#
# 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
def addlines(fp, hunk, lena, lenb, a, b):
while True:
todoa = lena - len(a)
todob = lenb - len(b)
num = max(todoa, todob)
if num == 0:
break
for i in xrange(num):
s = fp.readline()
c = s[0]
if s == "\\ No newline at end of file\n":
fix_newline(hunk, a, b)
continue
if c == "\n":
# Some patches may be missing the control char
# on empty lines. Supply a leading space.
s = " \n"
hunk.append(s)
if c == "+":
b.append(s[1:])
elif c == "-":
a.append(s)
else:
b.append(s[1:])
a.append(s)
return 0
def fix_newline(hunk, a, b):
l = hunk[-1]
# tolerate CRLF in last line
if l.endswith('\r\n'):
hline = l[:-2]
else:
hline = l[:-1]
c = hline[0]
if c in " +":
b[-1] = hline[1:]
if c in " -":
a[-1] = hline
hunk[-1] = hline
return 0
def testhunk(a, b, bstart):
alen = len(a)
blen = len(b)
if alen > blen - bstart:
return -1
for i in xrange(alen):
if a[i][1:] != b[i + bstart]:
return -1
return 0