mercurial/help/extensions.txt
author Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:59:29 -0700
changeset 42590 ab416b5d9b91
parent 19296 da16d21cf4ed
permissions -rw-r--r--
tests: add more tests of copy tracing with removed and re-added files We had a test where the destination of a copy was removed and then added back. This patch adds similar cases where the break in history instead happens to the source file. There are three versions of this: 1. The break happens before the rename. 2. The break happens on a branch parallel to the rename (where copy tracing is done via the merge base) 3. The source is added on each side of the merge base. The break in history is thus in the form of a deletion when going backwards to the merge base and the re-add happens on the other branch. I've also added calls to `hg graft` in these cases to show the breakage in issue 6163. Another factor in these cases is matching nodeid (checked in copies._tracefile()). I've made two copies each of the cases to show the impact of that. One of these is the same as a test in test-rename-merge1.t, so I also deleted that test from there. Some of these tests currently fail, where "fail" is based on my current thinking of how things should work. I had initially thought that we should be more strict about not tracing copies across commits where the file did not exist, but issue 6163 made me reconsider. The only test case here that behaved differently in 4.9 is the exact case reported in issue 6163. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6599

Mercurial has the ability to add new features through the use of
extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to
existing commands, change the default behavior of commands, or
implement hooks.

To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in the
Python search path, create an entry for it in your configuration file,
like this::

  [extensions]
  foo =

You may also specify the full path to an extension::

  [extensions]
  myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py

See :hg:`help config` for more information on configuration files.

Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons:
they can increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced
usage only; they may provide potentially dangerous abilities (such
as letting you destroy or modify history); they might not be ready
for prime time; or they may alter some usual behaviors of stock
Mercurial. It is thus up to the user to activate extensions as
needed.

To explicitly disable an extension enabled in a configuration file of
broader scope, prepend its path with !::

  [extensions]
  # disabling extension bar residing in /path/to/extension/bar.py
  bar = !/path/to/extension/bar.py
  # ditto, but no path was supplied for extension baz
  baz = !