Mercurial > hg-stable
changeset 2384:068b32d06873
Automatically add the path of hg to %PATH% using add_path
| author | Marco Barisione <marco@barisione.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 22 May 2006 14:12:41 +0200 |
| parents | dec7aa404dcf |
| children | 5d895018ef42 |
| files | contrib/win32/ReadMe.html contrib/win32/mercurial.iss contrib/win32/win32-build.txt |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html Mon May 22 14:06:12 2006 +0200 +++ b/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html Mon May 22 14:12:41 2006 +0200 @@ -31,51 +31,7 @@ href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.</p> <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The - Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>. To run this - command, the install directory must be in your search path.</p> - - <h2>Setting your search path temporarily</h2> - - <p>To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a - command prompt window:</p> - - <pre> -set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH% -</pre> - - <h2>Setting your search path permanently</h2> - - <p>To set your search path permanently, perform the following - steps. These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.</p> - - <ol> - <li>Open the Control Panel. Under Windows XP, select the - "Classic View".</li> - - <li>Double-click on the "System" control panel.</li> - - <li>Click on the "Advanced" tab.</li> - - <li>Click on "Environment Variables". You'll find this near the - bottom of the window.</li> - - <li>Under "System variables", you will see "Path". Double-click - it.</li> - - <li>Edit "Variable value". Each path element is separated by a - semicolon (";") character. Append a semicolon to the end of the - list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial - (e.g. <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>).</li> - - <li>Click on the various "OK" buttons until you've completely - exited from the System control panel.</li> - - <li>Log out and log back in, or restart your system.</li> - - <li>The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be - able to run the <tt>hg</tt> command without any special - help.</li> - </ol> + Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p> <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>
--- a/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss Mon May 22 14:06:12 2006 +0200 +++ b/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss Mon May 22 14:12:41 2006 +0200 @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Source: dist\mfc71.dll; DestDir: {sys}; Flags: sharedfile uninsnosharedfileprompt Source: dist\msvcr71.dll; DestDir: {sys}; Flags: sharedfile uninsnosharedfileprompt Source: dist\w9xpopen.exe; DestDir: {app} +Source: dist\add_path.exe; DestDir: {app} Source: doc\*.txt; DestDir: {app}\Docs Source: templates\*.*; DestDir: {app}\Templates; Flags: recursesubdirs createallsubdirs Source: CONTRIBUTORS; DestDir: {app}; DestName: Contributors.txt @@ -55,3 +56,9 @@ Name: {group}\Uninstall Mercurial; Filename: {uninstallexe} Name: {group}\Mercurial Command Reference; Filename: {app}\Docs\hg.1.txt Name: {group}\Mercurial Web Site; Filename: {app}\Mercurial.url + +[Run] +Filename: "{app}\add_path.exe"; Parameters: "{app}"; Flags: postinstall; Description: "Add the installation path to the search path" + +[UninstallRun] +Filename: "{app}\add_path.exe"; Parameters: "/del {app}"
--- a/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Mon May 22 14:06:12 2006 +0200 +++ b/contrib/win32/win32-build.txt Mon May 22 14:12:41 2006 +0200 @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ ISTool http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/ + add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file) + http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path + And, of course, Mercurial itself. Once you have all this installed and built, clone a copy of the @@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ python setup.py build -c mingw32 py2exe -b 1 -Copy mfc71.dll into the dist directory that just got created. +Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just +got created. Run ISTool, and open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss file.