HgShell 0.1 bug -- .hg does not always denote a repository

[Ignacio Alvarez]

Fixed and uploaded version 0.1.2.

Thanks.

Ignacio.


Gregory Collins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If you try to run "clone repository" from somewhere within a cygwin
> homedir, the tool doesn't work --- it goes directly to the hg command
> prompt, and in my case, it creates a directory /home/greg.1 which
> looks like it's trying to be an hg tree.
>
> I think the reason for this is that there's a $HOME/.hg file in the
> parent hierarchy, which causes your tool to assume the current working
> directory is an hg repository rooted at /home/greg. Could you change
> this check to peek inside the .hg directory for 00changelog.i?
>
> Thanks,
> Gregory Collins <greg at maptuit.com>
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:24:09PM -0700, Ignacio Alvarez wrote:
>   
>>    Additional comments on the extension:
>>
>>    - I just realized that the glog command doesn't accept a file parameter,
>>    so "hg glog readme" won't display only the log entries for the readme
>>    file. I've just uploaded version 0.1.1 of the extension to work around
>>    this problem. The extension now uses "hg log" if the "Show log" command is
>>    invoked on a file, and "hg glog" if invoked on a folder.
>>
>>    - The "Clone repository" command automatically determines the name of the
>>    repository from the URL you give it. For example, if you clone
>>    [1]http://selenic.com/repo/hg, the repository is named hg, and if you
>>    clone [2]http://AMD:8000, the repository is named AMD_8000.
>>
>>    - When cloning a repository served using the "Run server" command, you can
>>    append a name to the URL to give the repository a specific name. For
>>    example, [3]http://AMD:8000/RepoName.
>>
>>    - By default, KDiff3 makes backups of the files it overwrites when
>>    merging. You can deselect this option using the "Settings->Configure
>>    KDiff3" menu command if you don't want your repositories filled with
>>    ".orig" files. The option can be found at the bottom of the "Directory
>>    Merge" tab:
>>
>>    [4]http://xentient.com/images/SNAG-00007.png
>>
>>    - The "Push" command always does a pull first (a fetch actually) to avoid
>>    the problem of creating multiple heads on the server it is pushing its
>>    changes to.
>>
>>    Thank you.
>>
>>    Ignacio.
>>
>>    Ignacio Alvarez wrote:
>>
>>      A few weeks back, I wrote a simple context menu extension for
>>      integrating Mercurial with Windows Explorer:
>>
>>      [5]http://xentient.com/images/SNAG-00006.png
>>
>>      I've been waiting for some free time to write a basic tutorial on how to
>>      use the extension before releasing it, but I've figured I'm going to
>>      have to wait much longer, so I'm releasing it as is, in case anyone
>>      finds it useful:
>>
>>      [6]http://xentient.com/setups/hgshell-setup.zip
>>
>>      The setup program will also install and configure Mercurial, Qct, and
>>      KDiff3.
>>
>>      The extension basically works by passing the appropriate arguments to
>>      the hg command, either directly or through batch files stored in the
>>      "hgshell\scripts" folder.
>>
>>      The "Clone repository" command works a bit different than you might
>>      expect. If you invoke it on a repository on your hard disk, it will
>>      automatically create a clone and append a number to the name. For
>>      example, if you clone "c:\repo" it will create a repository named
>>      "c:\repo.1" and if you clone it again it will create a repository named
>>      "c:\repo.2". If you invoke the clone command on a folder that isn't a
>>      repository, it will display a dialog where you can enter the URL of the
>>      repository you wish to clone.
>>
>>      The extension stores its own settings in a file named ".hgoptions"
>>      inside the repository. This file shouldn't be tracked by Mercurial,
>>      since it's rewritten constantly and will most likely be different for
>>      each user.
>>
>>      Thank you.
>>
>>      Ignacio.
>>
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>> References
>>
>>    Visible links
>>    1. http://selenic.com/repo/hg
>>    2. http://amd:8000
>>    3. http://amd:8000/RepoName
>>    4. http://xentient.com/images/SNAG-00007.png
>>    5. http://xentient.com/images/SNAG-00006.png
>>    6. http://xentient.com/setups/hgshell-setup.zip
>>    7. mailto:Mercurial at selenic.com
>>    8. http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial
>>     
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