contrib/chg/README
author Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@octobus.net>
Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:55:59 +0200
changeset 47352 9d58e54b5966
parent 45551 4c8d9b53b1c7
permissions -rw-r--r--
dirstate-v2: Drop parent directory cache when removing a dirstate node The premise of the directory cache is that the dirstate contains child nodes for every entry that `read_dir` would return. When removing nodes, that may not be the case anymore so the cache should be invalidated. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10829

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.