setup: prefer using the system hg to interact with the local repository
Add a findhg() function that tries to be smarter about figuring out how to run
hg for examining the local repository. It first tries running "hg" from the
user's PATH, with the default HGRCPATH settings intact, but with HGPLAIN
enabled. This will generally use the same version of mercurial and the same
settings used to originally clone the repository, and should have a higher
chance of working successfully than trying to run the hg script from the local
repository. If that fails findhg() falls back to the existing behavior of
running the local hg script.
$ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
> [alias]
> tlog = log --template "{rev}:{node|short}: '{desc}' {branches}\n"
> tglog = tlog -G
> tout = out --template "{rev}:{node|short}: '{desc}' {branches}\n"
> EOF
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Aqm0
$ echo foo >> a
$ hg ci -Aqm1
$ hg up -q 0
$ hg branch stable
marked working directory as branch stable
(branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
$ echo bar >> a
$ hg ci -qm2
$ hg tglog
@ 2:7bee6c3bea3a: '2' stable
|
| o 1:3560197d8331: '1'
|/
o 0:f7b1eb17ad24: '0'
$ cd ..
$ hg clone -q a#stable b
$ cd b
$ cat .hg/hgrc
# example repository config (see 'hg help config' for more info)
[paths]
default = $TESTTMP/a#stable (glob)
# path aliases to other clones of this repo in URLs or filesystem paths
# (see 'hg help config.paths' for more info)
#
# default:pushurl = ssh://jdoe@example.net/hg/jdoes-fork
# my-fork = ssh://jdoe@example.net/hg/jdoes-fork
# my-clone = /home/jdoe/jdoes-clone
[ui]
# name and email (local to this repository, optional), e.g.
# username = Jane Doe <jdoe@example.com>
$ echo red >> a
$ hg ci -qm3
$ hg up -q default
$ echo blue >> a
$ hg ci -qm4
$ hg tglog
@ 3:f0461977a3db: '4'
|
| o 2:1d4099801a4e: '3' stable
| |
| o 1:7bee6c3bea3a: '2' stable
|/
o 0:f7b1eb17ad24: '0'
$ hg tout
comparing with $TESTTMP/a (glob)
searching for changes
2:1d4099801a4e: '3' stable
$ hg tlog -r 'outgoing()'
2:1d4099801a4e: '3' stable
$ hg tout ../a#default
comparing with ../a
searching for changes
3:f0461977a3db: '4'
$ hg tlog -r 'outgoing("../a#default")'
3:f0461977a3db: '4'
$ echo "green = ../a#default" >> .hg/hgrc
$ cat .hg/hgrc
# example repository config (see 'hg help config' for more info)
[paths]
default = $TESTTMP/a#stable (glob)
# path aliases to other clones of this repo in URLs or filesystem paths
# (see 'hg help config.paths' for more info)
#
# default:pushurl = ssh://jdoe@example.net/hg/jdoes-fork
# my-fork = ssh://jdoe@example.net/hg/jdoes-fork
# my-clone = /home/jdoe/jdoes-clone
[ui]
# name and email (local to this repository, optional), e.g.
# username = Jane Doe <jdoe@example.com>
green = ../a#default
$ hg tout green
comparing with green
abort: repository green not found!
[255]
$ hg tlog -r 'outgoing("green")'
abort: repository green not found!
[255]
$ cd ..