contributing: add new file with a pointer to the wiki
This also includes what I consider to be the minimum set of steps
someone should be able to perform even if they can't run the
testsuite. Hopefully this will help new contributors know to at least
run the two checkers that find most things that (in my experience)
require manual cleanup.
$ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
> [extensions]
> convert=
> EOF
$ hg init t
$ cd t
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -Am a0 -d '1 0'
adding a
$ hg branch brancha
marked working directory as branch brancha
(branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a1 -d '2 0'
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a2 -d '3 0'
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a3 -d '4 0'
$ hg up -C 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg branch branchb
marked working directory as branch branchb
$ echo b >> b
$ hg ci -Am b0 -d '6 0'
adding b
$ hg up -C brancha
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a4 -d '5 0'
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a5 -d '7 0'
$ echo a >> a
$ hg ci -m a6 -d '8 0'
$ hg up -C branchb
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo b >> b
$ hg ci -m b1 -d '9 0'
$ hg up -C 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo c >> c
$ hg branch branchc
marked working directory as branch branchc
$ hg ci -Am c0 -d '10 0'
adding c
$ hg up -C brancha
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg ci --close-branch -m a7x -d '11 0'
$ hg up -C branchb
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg ci --close-branch -m b2x -d '12 0'
$ hg up -C branchc
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg merge branchb
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg ci -m c1 -d '13 0'
$ cd ..
convert with datesort
$ hg convert --datesort t t-datesort
initializing destination t-datesort repository
scanning source...
sorting...
converting...
12 a0
11 a1
10 a2
9 a3
8 a4
7 b0
6 a5
5 a6
4 b1
3 c0
2 a7x
1 b2x
0 c1
graph converted repo
$ hg -R t-datesort log -G --template '{rev} "{desc}"\n'
o 12 "c1"
|\
| _ 11 "b2x"
| |
| | _ 10 "a7x"
| | |
o | | 9 "c0"
| | |
| o | 8 "b1"
| | |
| | o 7 "a6"
| | |
| | o 6 "a5"
| | |
| o | 5 "b0"
|/ /
| o 4 "a4"
| |
| o 3 "a3"
| |
| o 2 "a2"
| |
| o 1 "a1"
|/
o 0 "a0"
convert with datesort (default mode)
$ hg convert t t-sourcesort
initializing destination t-sourcesort repository
scanning source...
sorting...
converting...
12 a0
11 a1
10 a2
9 a3
8 b0
7 a4
6 a5
5 a6
4 b1
3 c0
2 a7x
1 b2x
0 c1
graph converted repo
$ hg -R t-sourcesort log -G --template '{rev} "{desc}"\n'
o 12 "c1"
|\
| _ 11 "b2x"
| |
| | _ 10 "a7x"
| | |
o | | 9 "c0"
| | |
| o | 8 "b1"
| | |
| | o 7 "a6"
| | |
| | o 6 "a5"
| | |
| | o 5 "a4"
| | |
| o | 4 "b0"
|/ /
| o 3 "a3"
| |
| o 2 "a2"
| |
| o 1 "a1"
|/
o 0 "a0"
convert with closesort
$ hg convert --closesort t t-closesort
initializing destination t-closesort repository
scanning source...
sorting...
converting...
12 a0
11 a1
10 a2
9 a3
8 b0
7 a4
6 a5
5 a6
4 a7x
3 b1
2 b2x
1 c0
0 c1
graph converted repo
$ hg -R t-closesort log -G --template '{rev} "{desc}"\n'
o 12 "c1"
|\
| o 11 "c0"
| |
_ | 10 "b2x"
| |
o | 9 "b1"
| |
| | _ 8 "a7x"
| | |
| | o 7 "a6"
| | |
| | o 6 "a5"
| | |
| | o 5 "a4"
| | |
o | | 4 "b0"
|/ /
| o 3 "a3"
| |
| o 2 "a2"
| |
| o 1 "a1"
|/
o 0 "a0"