contrib/chg/README
author Matt Harbison <matt_harbison@yahoo.com>
Sat, 08 May 2021 00:21:31 -0400
changeset 47179 6f976d54946c
parent 45551 4c8d9b53b1c7
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run-tests: use the same python version for shebang lines on Windows The latest py3 is used if the minor number isn't specified. After running the script to install all of the build dependencies, that moved the default from 3.8 to 3.9 on the CI system. That in turn caused a bunch of tests to be skipped that were running prior, even when the test runner was invoked with `py -3.8`. While we should almost always use the latest version, we really shouldn't make it hard to test different versions or allow things to randomly break in subtle ways like that. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10702

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60

Build environment variables:

 * HGPATH: the path to the hg executable to call when CHGHG and HG are not set,
   instead of "hg"
 * HGPATHREL=1: when CHGHG and HG are not set, the hg executable will be ./hg
   relative to the chg executable. Only works on linux, falls back to "hg"
   otherwise.