branch: operate on branch names in local string space where possible
Previously, branch names were ideally manipulated as UTF-8 strings,
because they were stored as UTF-8 in the dirstate and the changelog
and could not be safely converted to the local encoding and back.
However, only about 80% of branch name code was actually using the
right encoding conventions. This patch uses the localstr addition to
allow working on branch names as local strings, which simplifies
handling so that the previously incorrect code becomes correct.
test branch selection options
$ hg init branch
$ cd branch
$ hg branch a
marked working directory as branch a
$ echo a > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -Ama
adding foo
$ echo a2 > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -ma2
$ hg up 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg branch c
marked working directory as branch c
$ echo c > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -mc
$ hg tag -l z
$ cd ..
$ hg clone -r 0 branch branch2
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
updating to branch a
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd branch2
$ hg up 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg branch b
marked working directory as branch b
$ echo b > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -mb
$ hg up 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg --encoding utf-8 branch æ
marked working directory as branch \xc3\xa6 (esc)
$ echo ae1 > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -mae1
$ hg up 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg --encoding utf-8 branch -f æ
marked working directory as branch \xc3\xa6 (esc)
$ echo ae2 > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -mae2
created new head
$ hg up 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg branch -f b
marked working directory as branch b
$ echo b2 > foo
$ hg ci -d '0 0' -mb2
created new head
unknown branch and fallback
$ hg in -qbz
abort: unknown branch 'z'!
[255]
$ hg in -q ../branch#z
2:f25d57ab0566
$ hg out -qbz
abort: unknown branch 'z'!
[255]
in rev c branch a
$ hg in -qr c ../branch#a
1:dd6e60a716c6
2:f25d57ab0566
$ hg in -qr c -b a
1:dd6e60a716c6
2:f25d57ab0566
out branch .
$ hg out -q ../branch#.
1:b84708d77ab7
4:65511d0e2b55
$ hg out -q -b .
1:b84708d77ab7
4:65511d0e2b55
out branch . non-ascii
$ hg --encoding utf-8 up æ
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg --encoding latin1 out -q ../branch#.
2:df5a44224d4e
3:4f4a5125ca10
$ hg --encoding latin1 out -q -b .
2:df5a44224d4e
3:4f4a5125ca10
clone branch b
$ cd ..
$ hg clone branch2#b branch3
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
updating to branch b
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg -q -R branch3 heads b
2:65511d0e2b55
1:b84708d77ab7
$ hg -q -R branch3 parents
2:65511d0e2b55
$ rm -rf branch3
clone rev a branch b
$ hg clone -r a branch2#b branch3
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
updating to branch a
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg -q -R branch3 heads b
2:65511d0e2b55
1:b84708d77ab7
$ hg -q -R branch3 parents
0:5b65ba7c951d
$ rm -rf branch3