hgext/share.py

cmdserver: write the hello message as one chunk on the 'o' channel

This is a guaranteed by the protocol: clients know they need to read one chunk
off of the 'o' channel and treat that as the hello message.

They should ignore fields they don't recognize so they stay compatible with
new versions of the server in case we decide to add something.

# Copyright 2006, 2007 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

'''share a common history between several working directories'''

from mercurial.i18n import _
from mercurial import hg, commands

def share(ui, source, dest=None, noupdate=False):
    """create a new shared repository

    Initialize a new repository and working directory that shares its
    history with another repository.

    .. note::
       using rollback or extensions that destroy/modify history (mq,
       rebase, etc.) can cause considerable confusion with shared
       clones. In particular, if two shared clones are both updated to
       the same changeset, and one of them destroys that changeset
       with rollback, the other clone will suddenly stop working: all
       operations will fail with "abort: working directory has unknown
       parent". The only known workaround is to use debugsetparents on
       the broken clone to reset it to a changeset that still exists
       (e.g. tip).
    """

    return hg.share(ui, source, dest, not noupdate)

cmdtable = {
    "share":
    (share,
     [('U', 'noupdate', None, _('do not create a working copy'))],
     _('[-U] SOURCE [DEST]')),
}

commands.norepo += " share"