dirstate: make functions for backup aware of transaction activity
Some comments in this patch assume that subsequent patch changes
'dirstate.write()' like as below:
def write(self, repo):
if not self._dirty:
return
tr = repo.currenttransaction()
if tr:
tr.addfilegenerator('dirstate', (self._filename,),
self._writedirstate, location='plain')
return # omit actual writing out
st = self._opener('dirstate', "w", atomictemp=True)
self._writedirstate(st)
This patch makes '_savebackup()' write in-memory changes out, and it
causes clearing 'self._dirty'. If dirstate isn't changed after
'_savebackup()', subsequent 'dirstate.write()' never invokes
'tr.addfilegenerator()' because 'not self._dirty' is true.
Then, 'tr.writepending()' unintentionally returns False, if there is
no other (e.g. changelog) changes pending, even though dirstate
changes are already written out at '_savebackup()'.
To avoid such situation, this patch makes '_savebackup()' explicitly
invoke 'tr.addfilegenerator()', if transaction is running.
'_savebackup()' should get awareness of transaction before 'write()',
because the former depends on the behavior of the latter before this
patch.
Synopsis
========
The Mercurial system uses a file called ``.hgignore`` in the root
directory of a repository to control its behavior when it searches
for files that it is not currently tracking.
Description
===========
The working directory of a Mercurial repository will often contain
files that should not be tracked by Mercurial. These include backup
files created by editors and build products created by compilers.
These files can be ignored by listing them in a ``.hgignore`` file in
the root of the working directory. The ``.hgignore`` file must be
created manually. It is typically put under version control, so that
the settings will propagate to other repositories with push and pull.
An untracked file is ignored if its path relative to the repository
root directory, or any prefix path of that path, is matched against
any pattern in ``.hgignore``.
For example, say we have an untracked file, ``file.c``, at
``a/b/file.c`` inside our repository. Mercurial will ignore ``file.c``
if any pattern in ``.hgignore`` matches ``a/b/file.c``, ``a/b`` or ``a``.
In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of
per-user or global ignore files. See the ``ignore`` configuration
key on the ``[ui]`` section of :hg:`help config` for details of how to
configure these files.
To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, many
commands support the ``-I`` and ``-X`` options; see
:hg:`help <command>` and :hg:`help patterns` for details.
Files that are already tracked are not affected by .hgignore, even
if they appear in .hgignore. An untracked file X can be explicitly
added with :hg:`add X`, even if X would be excluded by a pattern
in .hgignore.
Syntax
======
An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,
with one pattern per line. Empty lines are skipped. The ``#``
character is treated as a comment character, and the ``\`` character
is treated as an escape character.
Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default syntax used
is Python/Perl-style regular expressions.
To change the syntax used, use a line of the following form::
syntax: NAME
where ``NAME`` is one of the following:
``regexp``
Regular expression, Python/Perl syntax.
``glob``
Shell-style glob.
The chosen syntax stays in effect when parsing all patterns that
follow, until another syntax is selected.
Neither glob nor regexp patterns are rooted. A glob-syntax pattern of
the form ``*.c`` will match a file ending in ``.c`` in any directory,
and a regexp pattern of the form ``\.c$`` will do the same. To root a
regexp pattern, start it with ``^``.
Subdirectories can have their own .hgignore settings by adding
``subinclude:path/to/subdir/.hgignore`` to the root ``.hgignore``. See
:hg:`help patterns` for details on ``subinclude:`` and ``include:``.
.. note::
Patterns specified in other than ``.hgignore`` are always rooted.
Please see :hg:`help patterns` for details.
Example
=======
Here is an example ignore file. ::
# use glob syntax.
syntax: glob
*.elc
*.pyc
*~
# switch to regexp syntax.
syntax: regexp
^\.pc/