Create user cache directory
$ USERCACHE=`pwd`/cache; export USERCACHE
$ cat <<EOF >> ${HGRCPATH}
> [extensions]
> hgext.largefiles=
> [largefiles]
> usercache=${USERCACHE}
> EOF
$ mkdir -p ${USERCACHE}
Create source repo, and commit adding largefile.
$ hg init src
$ cd src
$ echo large > large
$ hg add --large large
$ hg commit -m 'add largefile'
$ cd ..
Discard all cached largefiles in USERCACHE
$ rm -rf ${USERCACHE}
Create mirror repo, and pull from source without largefile:
"pull" is used instead of "clone" for suppression of (1) updating to
tip (= cahcing largefile from source repo), and (2) recording source
repo as "default" path in .hg/hgrc.
$ hg init mirror
$ cd mirror
$ hg pull ../src
pulling from ../src
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
Update working directory to "tip", which requires largefile("large"),
but there is no cache file for it. So, hg must treat it as
"missing"(!) file.
$ hg update
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
getting changed largefiles
large: Can't get file locally
(no default or default-push path set in hgrc)
0 largefiles updated, 0 removed
$ hg status
! large
Update working directory to null: this cleanup .hg/largefiles/dirstate
$ hg update null
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
getting changed largefiles
0 largefiles updated, 0 removed
Update working directory to tip, again.
$ hg update
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
getting changed largefiles
large: Can't get file locally
(no default or default-push path set in hgrc)
0 largefiles updated, 0 removed
$ hg status
! large