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util: rename checkcase() to fscasesensitive() (API) I always read the name "checkcase(path)" as "do we need to check for case folding at this path", but it's actually (I think) meant to be read "check if the file system cares about case at this path". I'm clearly not the only one confused by this as the dirstate has this property: def _checkcase(self): return not util.checkcase(self._join('.hg')) Maybe we should even inverse the function and call it fscasefolding() since that's what all callers care about?
author Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
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1 Mercurial has the ability to add new features through the use of
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2 extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to
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3 existing commands, change the default behavior of commands, or
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4 implement hooks.
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6 To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in the
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7 Python search path, create an entry for it in your configuration file,
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8 like this::
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10 [extensions]
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11 foo =
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13 You may also specify the full path to an extension::
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15 [extensions]
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16 myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py
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18 See :hg:`help config` for more information on configuration files.
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20 Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons:
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21 they can increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced
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22 usage only; they may provide potentially dangerous abilities (such
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23 as letting you destroy or modify history); they might not be ready
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24 for prime time; or they may alter some usual behaviors of stock
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25 Mercurial. It is thus up to the user to activate extensions as
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26 needed.
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28 To explicitly disable an extension enabled in a configuration file of
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29 broader scope, prepend its path with !::
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31 [extensions]
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32 # disabling extension bar residing in /path/to/extension/bar.py
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33 bar = !/path/to/extension/bar.py
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34 # ditto, but no path was supplied for extension baz
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35 baz = !