README-topic
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
Wed, 22 Mar 2017 21:08:58 +0100
changeset 2196 2ecc88baabf9
parent 2099 47017b3086d4
permissions -rw-r--r--
stablerange: directly use tuple to refer to a stable range Now that all advance logic lives in the unified class we no longer needs the individual class. Creating and operating on this cache introduce a significant overhead that we can not stop having. From now on, a range a is pair tuple '(headrev, index)'. Long live the tuple.

Topic Extension
================

This packages also provides the ``topic`` experiment in an independent
extension. It implements a new experimental concept to provide lightweight
feature branches for the mutable parts of the history. The experiments is still
at an early stage and have significant usability and performance issues when
enabled.

How to Install
==============

The ``topic`` extension is included into the ``evolve` package, so the same instruction apply.

Using Pip
---------

You can install the latest version using pip::

    $ pip install --user hg-evolve

Then just enable it in you hgrc::

    $ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
    [extensions]
    topic =

From Source
-----------

To install a local version from source::

    $ hg clone https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/evolve/
    $ cd evolve
    $ make install-home

Enable
------

The topic extensions is included in the evolve package. See the install instruction for evolve.

Then enable it in you configuration::

    $ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
    [extensions]
    topic =

Documentation
-------------

* See 'hg help -e topic' for a generic help.
* See 'hg help topics' and 'hg help stack' for help on specific commands.
* See the 'tests/test-topic-tutorial.t' file for a quick tutorial.