Mercurial > hg
diff tests/test-help.t @ 39268:0dfcc348d383
help: revise explanation about capability check while selecting merge tool
This is follow up of 7c6044634957 and cded904f7acc.
This patch adds explanations about:
- notation in capability columns in the table
- how capabilities of external merge tools are treated
author | FUJIWARA Katsunori <foozy@lares.dti.ne.jp> |
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date | Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:22:59 +0900 |
parents | d7ac6dafc609 |
children | 828a45233036 |
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--- a/tests/test-help.t Wed Aug 22 14:08:27 2018 +0900 +++ b/tests/test-help.t Wed Aug 22 14:22:59 2018 +0900 @@ -1918,20 +1918,26 @@ internal ":merge" is used. 8. Otherwise, ":prompt" is used. - For historical reason, Mercurial assumes capabilities of internal merge - tools as below while examining rules above, regardless of actual - capabilities of them. + For historical reason, Mercurial treats merge tools as below while + examining rules above. step specified via binary symlink ---------------------------------- - 1. --tool o o - 2. HGMERGE o o - 3. merge-patterns o (*) x (*) - 4. ui.merge x (*) x (*) + 1. --tool o/o o/o + 2. HGMERGE o/o o/o + 3. merge-patterns o/o(*) x/?(*) + 4. ui.merge x/?(*) x/?(*) + + Each capability column indicates Mercurial behavior for internal/external + merge tools at examining each rule. + + - "o": "assume that a tool has capability" + - "x": "assume that a tool does not have capability" + - "?": "check actual capability of a tool" If "merge.strict-capability-check" configuration is true, Mercurial checks - capabilities of internal merge tools strictly in (*) cases above. It is - false by default for backward compatibility. + capabilities of merge tools strictly in (*) cases above (= each capability + column becomes "?/?"). It is false by default for backward compatibility. Note: After selecting a merge program, Mercurial will by default attempt to