contrib/chg/README
author Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com>
Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:53:20 -0700
branchstable
changeset 44765 a39984091380
parent 29357 66d41c9e9222
child 45551 4c8d9b53b1c7
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packaging: integrate signing into run_wix_packaging() Previously, signing was implemented via a separate function which called build_installer() and then called signing functionality. In this model, in order to implement an alternative build mechanism, we would have to invent a new variant to handle signing as well. This commit merges the signing logic into the function invoking wix. If we pass an argument holding metadata about how to sign, we sign hg.exe and the installer. This means all we have to do is pass in signing info and the signing just works. A slight change here is that signing of hg.exe happens in the staging directory as opposed to before the staging directory is populated. I don't think this matters. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8475

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