view hgdemandimport/tracing.py @ 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

# Support code for event tracing in Mercurial. Lives in demandimport
# so it can also be used in demandimport.
#
# Copyright 2018 Google LLC.
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
from __future__ import absolute_import

import contextlib
import os

_pipe = None
_checked = False

@contextlib.contextmanager
def log(whencefmt, *whenceargs):
    global _pipe, _session, _checked
    if _pipe is None:
        if _checked:
            yield
            return
        _checked = True
        if 'HGCATAPULTSERVERPIPE' not in os.environ:
            yield
            return
        _pipe = open(os.environ['HGCATAPULTSERVERPIPE'], 'w', 1)
        _session = os.environ.get('HGCATAPULTSESSION', 'none')
    whence = whencefmt % whenceargs
    try:
        _pipe.write('START %s %s\n' % (_session, whence))
        yield
    finally:
        _pipe.write('END %s %s\n' % (_session, whence))