contrib/chg/README
author Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com>
Sat, 03 Jun 2017 17:32:52 -0700
changeset 32943 750c3b1bb8a3
parent 29357 66d41c9e9222
child 45551 4c8d9b53b1c7
permissions -rw-r--r--
tests: removed ReportedTest exception The only call site called addFailure before raising, which is exactly what the failure exception handler does. So this complexity is not needed. We have test coverage of this "server failed to start" scenario and nothing appeared to change.

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