# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 1427487201 18000
# Node ID dded1eeeff645e37ae3b6ea1318e3867fd142e9c
# Parent  3df7fc75afc5131866348b3714b8a8e30c9fe7ba
verify: add a note about a paleo-bug

In the very early days of hg, it was possible to commit /dev/null because our
patch importer was too simple. Repos from this era may still
exist, add a note about why we ignore this name.

diff -r 3df7fc75afc5 -r dded1eeeff64 mercurial/verify.py
--- a/mercurial/verify.py	Fri Mar 27 13:51:21 2015 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/verify.py	Fri Mar 27 15:13:21 2015 -0500
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
             for f, fn in mf.readdelta(n).iteritems():
                 if not f:
                     err(lr, _("file without name in manifest"))
-                elif f != "/dev/null":
+                elif f != "/dev/null": # ignore this in very old repos
                     filenodes.setdefault(_normpath(f), {}).setdefault(fn, lr)
         except Exception, inst:
             exc(lr, _("reading manifest delta %s") % short(n), inst)