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.
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/1877
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ echo a > a
$ hg add a
$ hg ci -m 'a'
$ echo b > a
$ hg ci -m'b'
$ hg up 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg book main
$ hg book
* main 0:cb9a9f314b8b
$ echo c > c
$ hg add c
$ hg ci -m'c'
created new head
$ hg book
* main 2:d36c0562f908
$ hg heads
changeset: 2:d36c0562f908
bookmark: main
tag: tip
parent: 0:cb9a9f314b8b
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: c
changeset: 1:1e6c11564562
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: b
$ hg up 1e6c11564562
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(leaving bookmark main)
$ hg merge main
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg book
main 2:d36c0562f908
$ hg ci -m'merge'
$ hg book
main 2:d36c0562f908
$ cd ..