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.
Testing cloning with the EOL extension
$ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
> [extensions]
> eol =
>
> [eol]
> native = CRLF
> EOF
setup repository
$ hg init repo
$ cd repo
$ cat > .hgeol <<EOF
> [patterns]
> **.txt = native
> EOF
$ printf "first\r\nsecond\r\nthird\r\n" > a.txt
$ hg commit --addremove -m 'checkin'
adding .hgeol
adding a.txt
Clone
$ cd ..
$ hg clone repo repo-2
updating to branch default
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd repo-2
$ cat a.txt
first\r (esc)
second\r (esc)
third\r (esc)
$ hg cat a.txt
first
second
third
$ hg remove .hgeol
$ hg commit -m 'remove eol'
$ hg push --quiet
$ cd ..
Test clone of repo with .hgeol in working dir, but no .hgeol in tip
$ hg clone repo repo-3
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd repo-3
$ cat a.txt
first
second
third
Test clone of revision with .hgeol
$ cd ..
$ hg clone -r 0 repo repo-4
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files
updating to branch default
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd repo-4
$ cat .hgeol
[patterns]
**.txt = native
$ cat a.txt
first\r (esc)
second\r (esc)
third\r (esc)
$ cd ..