doc/README
author Durham Goode <durham@fb.com>
Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:31:47 -0700
changeset 20879 cd03854a2e06
parent 9419 3516a4e877c1
permissions -rw-r--r--
fncache: remove the rewriting logic The fncache could rewrite itself during a read operation if it noticed any entries that were no longer on disk. This was problematic because it caused Mercurial to perform write operations outside the scope of a lock or transaction, which could interefere with any other pending writes. This will be replaced in a future patch by logic that cleans up the fncache as files are deleted during strips.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.