hgext3rd/topic/README
author Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit@gmail.com>
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:52:27 +0530
changeset 3490 51c0a23b519e
parent 3033 13751fef5e66
permissions -rw-r--r--
evolve: handle case when newnode can be None while continuing evolve There can be case when `hg evolve --continue` is run, when working directory is clean and there is nothing to be included in the new commit. Let's make sure we handle such cases correctly and obsolete the node which is evolved with parent of wdir as successor. This is same as what rebase does.

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.