Mercurial > hgsubversion

annotate README @ 346:4b992ebdecc6

Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision number or hash, or revset expression.
improve reliability of Subversion checks. Use the presence of the UUID file for recognising a Subversion-enabled repository locally, and the 'subversion' capability in for recognising them wrappers.outgoing() remotely.0
author Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen <danchr@gmail.com>
date Wed, 20 May 2009 21:49:01 +0200
parents 982c46e7d167
children dbdcb97b38af
Ignore whitespace changes - Everywhere: Within whitespace: At end of lines:
rev   line source
288
982c46e7d167 BitBucket supports having the ReST declaration in a comment.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 280
diff changeset
1 .. -*-restructuredtext-*-
3
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
2
192
246ca614f04e Promote first heading to a real title.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 191
diff changeset
3 ============
246ca614f04e Promote first heading to a real title.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 191
diff changeset
4 hgsubversion
246ca614f04e Promote first heading to a real title.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 191
diff changeset
5 ============
246ca614f04e Promote first heading to a real title.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 191
diff changeset
6
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
7 hgsubversion is an extension for Mercurial that allows using Mercurial
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
8 as a Subversion client.
0
f2636cfed115 Initial import of hgsubversion into a public repository.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents:
diff changeset
9
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
10 Right now it is *not* ready for production use. You should only be
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
11 using this if you're ready to hack on it, and go diving into the
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
12 internals of Mercurial and/or Subversion.
2
89f88df794d3 Cleanup to 80 columns and add a couple of notes on basic use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 0
diff changeset
13
5
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
14 Installation
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
15 ------------
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
16 You need to have Subversion installed with the SWIG Python bindings
280
4a327bfc69c6 README: Now require 1.3.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 258
diff changeset
17 from Subversion 1.5 or later. You need Mercurial 1.3 (currently in development)
4a327bfc69c6 README: Now require 1.3.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 258
diff changeset
18 or later.
5
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
19
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
20 .. _mercurial: http://selenic.com/repo/hg
53
b61d49e3f91c crew-stable does not have what I need after all. Oops.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 50
diff changeset
21 .. _mercurial-stable: http://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable
5
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
22 .. _crew: http://hg.intevation.org/mercurial/crew
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
23 .. _crew-stable: http://hg.intevation.org/mercurial/crew-stable
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
24
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
25 If you are unfamiliar with installing Mercurial extensions, please see
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
26 the UsingExtensions_ page in the Mercurial wiki. Look at the example
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
27 for specifying an absolute path near the bottom of the page. You want
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
28 to give the path to the top level of your clone of this repository.
5
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
29
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
30 .. _UsingExtensions: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
31 UsingExtensions
5
0548662e2f34 Add a section on installation.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 4
diff changeset
32
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
33 Before using hgsubversion, I *strongly* encourage you to run the
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
34 automated tests. Just use nose_ if you have it (or ``easy_install
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
35 nose`` if you want it), or use ``python tests/run.py`` to run the
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
36 suite with the conventional test runner. Note that because I use nose,
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
37 there's a lot of stdout spew in the tests right now. The important
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
38 part is that all the tests pass.
30
9867250e0a4a Add a segment on running the tests before use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 24
diff changeset
39
9867250e0a4a Add a segment on running the tests before use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 24
diff changeset
40 .. _nose: http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/
9867250e0a4a Add a segment on running the tests before use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 24
diff changeset
41
3
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
42 Basic Use
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
43 -----------
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
44 Get a new clone of an svn server::
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
45
258
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
46 $ hg clone <svn URI> [destination]
3
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
47
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
48 Real example::
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
49
258
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
50 $ hg clone svn+http://python-nose.googlecode.com/svn nose-hg
3
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
51
161
47127255145c Wrapped long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 149
diff changeset
52 Note, you should pull from the root subversion directory, not specific
258
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
53 folders (such as trunk). Also, you only need to modify http:// urls as shown.
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
54 This is a side effect of Mercurial and Subversion both claiming the http
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
55 protocol, so svn+http is used to work around that.
113
31923684e4dc Better note on how to pull a repository.
John Paulett <john.paulett@gmail.com>
parents: 53
diff changeset
56
3
735fdc6c130a Change the readme to be reST.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 2
diff changeset
57 Pull new revisions into an already-converted repo::
2
89f88df794d3 Cleanup to 80 columns and add a couple of notes on basic use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 0
diff changeset
58
258
4ab27ddbae51 Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 192
diff changeset
59 $ hg pull
2
89f88df794d3 Cleanup to 80 columns and add a couple of notes on basic use.
Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
parents: 0
diff changeset
60
191
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
61 For more information, see ``hg help svn`` while in a converted repo.
177
71d170253a6f README: document svn:externals support
Patrick Mezard <pmezard@gmail.com>
parents: 161
diff changeset
62
191
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
63 Support for ``svn:externals``
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
64 -----------------------------
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
65 All ``svn:externals`` properties are serialized into a single
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
66 ``.hgsvnexternals`` file, with the following syntax::
190
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
67
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
68 [.]
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
69 external_reference_line1_1
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
70 external_reference_line1_2
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
71 [dir2]
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
72 external_reference_line2_1
078425d0187d Fix reST syntax error in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 189
diff changeset
73 external_reference_line2_2
177
71d170253a6f README: document svn:externals support
Patrick Mezard <pmezard@gmail.com>
parents: 161
diff changeset
74
189
8f751987cc0a Wrap long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 177
diff changeset
75 A header line gives the directory the property applies on, '.' for the
8f751987cc0a Wrap long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 177
diff changeset
76 project root directory. The property content follows, *every line
8f751987cc0a Wrap long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 177
diff changeset
77 being prefixed by a single space*.
177
71d170253a6f README: document svn:externals support
Patrick Mezard <pmezard@gmail.com>
parents: 161
diff changeset
78
191
0e912d37cbab Mark command line and svn:externals as literal text.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 190
diff changeset
79 The creation or modification of this file will trigger ``svn:externals``
189
8f751987cc0a Wrap long lines in README.
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk>
parents: 177
diff changeset
80 updates on the related subversion repository.
177
71d170253a6f README: document svn:externals support
Patrick Mezard <pmezard@gmail.com>
parents: 161
diff changeset
81