RFC: stacks - patch management extension inspired by bzr-loom

[Peter Arrenbrecht]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Leslie P. Polzer <leslie.polzer at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Peter Arrenbrecht
>> <peter.arrenbrecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> New repo:
>>
>>   http://www.bitbucket.org/parren/hg-pbranch/
>
> I'm very excited to see this project progressing rapidly. :)

Rapidly? I wish it would.

> Isn't it possible to get this as an add-on to an existing
> Mercurial installation?

It can easily be installed into an existing installation based on Hg's
development version, as in:

  http://selenic.com/repo/index.cgi/hg/

Just get the tip version of the file hgext/pstack.py from the repo.
Currently, this is:

  http://www.bitbucket.org/parren/hg-pbranch/raw/f8a0800eac6b/hgext/pbranch.py

and configure it as an extension in your hgrc. (Unfortunately
bitbucket.org does not support .../tip/... instead of the revhash in
the URL above. Use the "Source" tab to navigate there again if tip
changes.)

But be warned: This is a work in progress and the underlying
housekeeping information and branch structure might still change a
bit.

I believe it won't work with Hg 1.0.x or earlier due to recent API changes.
-parren