tests/test-merge-symlinks.t

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 > echo.py <<EOF
  > #!/usr/bin/env python
  > import os, sys
  > try:
  >     import msvcrt
  >     msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
  >     msvcrt.setmode(sys.stderr.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
  > except ImportError:
  >     pass
  > 
  > for k in ('HG_FILE', 'HG_MY_ISLINK', 'HG_OTHER_ISLINK', 'HG_BASE_ISLINK'):
  >     print k, os.environ[k]
  > EOF

Create 2 heads containing the same file, once as
a file, once as a link. Bundle was generated with:

# hg init t
# cd t
# echo a > a
# hg ci -qAm t0 -d '0 0'
# echo l > l
# hg ci -qAm t1 -d '1 0'
# hg up -C 0
# ln -s a l
# hg ci -qAm t2 -d '2 0'
# echo l2 > l2
# hg ci -qAm t3 -d '3 0'

  $ hg init t
  $ cd t
  $ hg -q pull "$TESTDIR/bundles/test-merge-symlinks.hg"
  $ hg up -C 3
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

Merge them and display *_ISLINK vars
merge heads

  $ hg merge --tool="python ../echo.py"
  merging l
  HG_FILE l
  HG_MY_ISLINK 1
  HG_OTHER_ISLINK 0
  HG_BASE_ISLINK 0
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

Test working directory symlink bit calculation wrt copies,
especially on non-supporting systems.
merge working directory

  $ hg up -C 2
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg copy l l2
  $ HGMERGE="python ../echo.py" hg up 3
  merging l2
  HG_FILE l2
  HG_MY_ISLINK 1
  HG_OTHER_ISLINK 0
  HG_BASE_ISLINK 0
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cd ..