tests/test-mq-symlinks.t

help: eliminate duplicate text for revset string patterns

There's no reason to duplicate this so many times, and it's likely an instance
will be missed if support for a new pattern is added and documented.  The
stringmatcher is mostly used by revsets, though it is also used for the 'tag'
related templates, and namespace filtering in the journal extension.  So maybe
there's a better place to document it.  `hg help patterns` seems inappropriate,
because that is all file pattern matching.

While here, indicate how to perform case insensitive regex searches.

#require symlink

  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ hg init
  $ hg qinit
  $ hg qnew base.patch
  $ echo aaa > a
  $ echo bbb > b
  $ echo ccc > c
  $ hg add a b c
  $ hg qrefresh
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> a not a symlink


test replacing a file with a symlink

  $ hg qnew symlink.patch
  $ rm a
  $ ln -s b a
  $ hg qrefresh --git
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> b

  $ hg qpop
  popping symlink.patch
  now at: base.patch
  $ hg qpush
  applying symlink.patch
  now at: symlink.patch
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> b


test updating a symlink

  $ rm a
  $ ln -s c a
  $ hg qnew --git -f updatelink
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> c
  $ hg qpop
  popping updatelink
  now at: symlink.patch
  $ hg qpush --debug
  applying updatelink
  patching file a
  committing files:
  a
  committing manifest
  committing changelog
  now at: updatelink
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> c
  $ hg st


test replacing a symlink with a file

  $ ln -s c s
  $ hg add s
  $ hg qnew --git -f addlink
  $ rm s
  $ echo sss > s
  $ hg qnew --git -f replacelinkwithfile
  $ hg qpop
  popping replacelinkwithfile
  now at: addlink
  $ hg qpush
  applying replacelinkwithfile
  now at: replacelinkwithfile
  $ cat s
  sss
  $ hg st


test symlink removal

  $ hg qnew removesl.patch
  $ hg rm a
  $ hg qrefresh --git
  $ hg qpop
  popping removesl.patch
  now at: replacelinkwithfile
  $ hg qpush
  applying removesl.patch
  now at: removesl.patch
  $ hg st -c
  C b
  C c
  C s

replace broken symlink with another broken symlink

  $ ln -s linka linka
  $ hg add linka
  $ hg qnew link
  $ hg mv linka linkb
  $ rm linkb
  $ ln -s linkb linkb
  $ hg qnew movelink
  $ hg qpop
  popping movelink
  now at: link
  $ hg qpush
  applying movelink
  now at: movelink
  $ readlink.py linkb
  linkb -> linkb