--- a/tests/test-topic.t Tue May 15 22:17:27 2018 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-topic.t Wed May 23 11:09:37 2018 +0200
@@ -12,6 +12,103 @@
> graphstyle.missing = |
> EOF
+ $ hg help -e topic
+ topic extension - support for topic branches
+
+ Topic branches are lightweight branches which disappear when changes are
+ finalized (move to the public phase).
+
+ Compared to bookmark, topic is reference carried by each changesets of the
+ series instead of just the single head revision. Topic are quite similar to
+ the way named branch work, except they eventually fade away when the changeset
+ becomes part of the immutable history. Changeset can belong to both a topic
+ and a named branch, but as long as it is mutable, its topic identity will
+ prevail. As a result, default destination for 'update', 'merge', etc... will
+ take topic into account. When a topic is active these operations will only
+ consider other changesets on that topic (and, in some occurrence, bare
+ changeset on same branch). When no topic is active, changeset with topic will
+ be ignored and only bare one on the same branch will be taken in account.
+
+ There is currently two commands to be used with that extension: 'topics' and
+ 'stack'.
+
+ The 'hg topics' command is used to set the current topic, change and list
+ existing one. 'hg topics --verbose' will list various information related to
+ each topic.
+
+ The 'stack' will show you information about the stack of commit belonging to
+ your current topic.
+
+ Topic is offering you aliases reference to changeset in your current topic
+ stack as 't#'. For example, 't1' refers to the root of your stack, 't2' to the
+ second commits, etc. The 'hg stack' command show these number.
+
+ Push behavior will change a bit with topic. When pushing to a publishing
+ repository the changesets will turn public and the topic data on them will
+ fade away. The logic regarding pushing new heads will behave has before,
+ ignore any topic related data. When pushing to a non-publishing repository
+ (supporting topic), the head checking will be done taking topic data into
+ account. Push will complain about multiple heads on a branch if you push
+ multiple heads with no topic information on them (or multiple public heads).
+ But pushing a new topic will not requires any specific flag. However, pushing
+ multiple heads on a topic will be met with the usual warning.
+
+ The 'evolve' extension takes 'topic' into account. 'hg evolve --all' will
+ evolve all changesets in the active topic. In addition, by default. 'hg next'
+ and 'hg prev' will stick to the current topic.
+
+ Be aware that this extension is still an experiment, commands and other
+ features are likely to be change/adjusted/dropped over time as we refine the
+ concept.
+
+ topic-mode
+ ==========
+
+ The topic extension can be configured to ensure the user do not forget to add
+ a topic when committing a new topic:
+
+ [experimental]
+ # behavior when commit is made without an active topic
+ topic-mode = ignore # do nothing special (default)
+ topic-mode = warning # print a warning
+ topic-mode = enforce # abort the commit (except for merge)
+ topic-mode = enforce-all # abort the commit (even for merge)
+ topic-mode = random # use a randomized generated topic (except for merge)
+ topic-mode = random-all # use a randomized generated topic (even for merge)
+
+ Single head enforcing
+ =====================
+
+ The extensions come with an option to enforce that there is only one heads for
+ each name in the repository at any time.
+
+ [experimental] enforce-single-head = yes
+
+ Publishing behavior
+ ===================
+
+ Topic vanish when changeset move to the public phases. Moving to the public
+ phase usually happens on push, but it is possible to update that behavior. The
+ server needs to have specific config for this.
+
+ # everything pushed become public (the default) [phase] publish = yes
+
+ # nothing push turned public [phase] publish = no
+
+ # topic branches are not published, changeset without topic are [phase]
+ publish = no [experimental] topic.publish-bare-branch = yes
+
+ In addition, the topic extension adds a "--publish" flag on 'hg push'. When
+ used, the pushed revisions are published if the push succeeds. It also applies
+ to common revisions selected by the push.
+
+ list of commands:
+
+ stack list all changesets in a topic and other information
+ topics View current topic, set current topic, change topic for a set
+ of revisions, or see all topics.
+
+ (use 'hg help -v topic' to show built-in aliases and global options)
$ hg help topics
hg topics [TOPIC]