view tests/test-empty-group.t @ 27372:a79cba6cb206

help: add documentation for changegroup formats

There is no formal location for spec-like technical/internal docs. The
repository makes sense as such a location because spec-like
documentation should be reviewed (ruling out a wiki). mpm has also
stated that he would like this documentation to be part of the
built-in help system. So, we establish an "internals" sub-directory
to hold this class of documentation.

The format of changegroups does not appear to be documented anywhere,
even in source code. It therefore seemed like an appropriate first thing
to document.

This patch adds low-level documentation of versions 1 and 2 of the
changegroup foromat. It currently only describes the raw data format.
There is probably room to write higher-level documentation on strategies
for producing and consuming the data. We'll leave that for another day.

The added file is not yet accessible via `hg help` nor via hgweb.
Support for this will follow in subsequent patches.

#  A          B
#
#  3  4       3
#  |\/|       |\
#  |/\|       | \
#  1  2       1  2
#  \ /        \ /
#   0          0
#
# if the result of the merge of 1 and 2
# is the same in 3 and 4, no new manifest
# will be created and the manifest group
# will be empty during the pull
#
# (plus we test a failure where outgoing
# wrongly reported the number of csets)

  $ hg init a
  $ cd a
  $ touch init
  $ hg ci -A -m 0
  adding init
  $ touch x y
  $ hg ci -A -m 1
  adding x
  adding y

  $ hg update 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ touch x y
  $ hg ci -A -m 2
  adding x
  adding y
  created new head

  $ hg merge 1
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)
  $ hg ci -A -m m1

  $ hg update -C 1
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg merge 2
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)
  $ hg ci -A -m m2
  created new head

  $ cd ..

  $ hg clone -r 3 a b
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 4 changesets with 3 changes to 3 files
  updating to branch default
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg clone -r 4 a c
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 4 changesets with 3 changes to 3 files
  updating to branch default
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg -R a outgoing b
  comparing with b
  searching for changes
  changeset:   4:1ec3c74fc0e0
  tag:         tip
  parent:      1:79f9e10cd04e
  parent:      2:8e1bb01c1a24
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     m2
  
  $ hg -R a outgoing c
  comparing with c
  searching for changes
  changeset:   3:d15a0c284984
  parent:      2:8e1bb01c1a24
  parent:      1:79f9e10cd04e
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     m1
  
  $ hg -R b outgoing c
  comparing with c
  searching for changes
  changeset:   3:d15a0c284984
  tag:         tip
  parent:      2:8e1bb01c1a24
  parent:      1:79f9e10cd04e
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     m1
  
  $ hg -R c outgoing b
  comparing with b
  searching for changes
  changeset:   3:1ec3c74fc0e0
  tag:         tip
  parent:      1:79f9e10cd04e
  parent:      2:8e1bb01c1a24
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     m2
  

  $ hg -R b pull a
  pulling from a
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 0 changes to 0 files (+1 heads)
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)

  $ hg -R c pull a
  pulling from a
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 0 changes to 0 files (+1 heads)
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)