sparse: move config parsing into core
This patch marks the beginning of moving code from the sparse
extension into core. The goal is to move as much of the
functionality as possible into core, where it will be an
experimental feature. The extension will likely continue to
exist to enable the feature and provide UI elements.
As part of the move, the repo method was converted to a module
function. It doesn't need to exist on repos.
An error message was also updated to reflect that an error isn't
necessarily from the .hg/sparse file. The API should be updated
later to pass in a filename so the error can be more descriptive.
Copyright of the added file was copied from the sparse extension.
Initial setup.
$ hg init repo
$ cd repo
$ touch thefile
$ hg ci -A -m 'Initial commit.'
adding thefile
Create a tag.
$ hg tag branchortag
Create a branch with the same name as the tag.
$ hg branch branchortag
marked working directory as branch branchortag
(branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
$ hg ci -m 'Create a branch with the same name as a tag.'
This is what we have:
$ hg log
changeset: 2:10519b3f489a
branch: branchortag
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Create a branch with the same name as a tag.
changeset: 1:2635c45ca99b
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Added tag branchortag for changeset f57387372b5d
changeset: 0:f57387372b5d
tag: branchortag
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Initial commit.
Update to the tag:
$ hg up 'tag(branchortag)'
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg parents
changeset: 0:f57387372b5d
tag: branchortag
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Initial commit.
Updating to the branch:
$ hg up 'branch(branchortag)'
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg parents
changeset: 2:10519b3f489a
branch: branchortag
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Create a branch with the same name as a tag.
$ cd ..