annotate mercurial/help/extensions.txt @ 29889:6f447b9ec263

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?

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 = !