annotate tests/test-diff-copy-depth @ 11989:f853873fc66d

aliases: provide more flexible ways to work with shell alias arguments

This patch changes the functionality of shell aliases to add more powerful
options for working with shell alias arguments.

First: the alias name + arguments to a shell alias are set as an HG_ARGS
environment variable, delimited by spaces. This matches the behavior of hooks.

Second: any occurrences of "$@" (without quotes) are replaced with the
arguments, separated by spaces. This happens *before* the alias gets to the shell.

Third: any positive numeric variables ("$1", "$2", etc) are replaced with the
appropriate argument, indexed from 1. "$0" is replaced with the name of the
alias. Any "extra" numeric variables are replaced with an empty string.  This
happens *before* the alias gets to the shell.

These changes allow for more flexible shell aliases:

    [alias]
    echo = !echo $@
    count = !hg log -r "$@" --template='.' | wc -c | sed -e 's/ //g'
    qqueuemv = !mv "`hg root`/.hg/patches-$1" "`hg root`/.hg/patches-$2"

In action:

    $ hg echo foo
    foo

    $ hg count 'branch(default)'
    901

    $ hg count 'branch(stable) and keyword(fixes)'
    102

    $ hg qqueuemv myfeature somefeature

#!/bin/sh

for i in aaa zzz; do
    hg init t
    cd t

    echo "-- With $i"

    touch file
    hg add file
    hg ci -m "Add"

    hg cp file $i
    hg ci -m "a -> $i"

    hg cp $i other-file
    echo "different" >> $i
    hg ci -m "$i -> other-file"

    hg cp other-file somename

    echo "Status":
    hg st -C
    echo
    echo "Diff:"
    hg diff -g
    echo

    cd ..
    rm -rf t
done