Your help needed with the Mercurial book

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Samstag 18 April 2009 11:04:48 schrieb Adrian Buehlmann:
> Mercurial 1.1 introduced a new naming scheme (named "fncache") for the
> files inside the store (with an important bugfix released with Mercurial
> 1.1.1).
>
> Mercurial 1.1.1 (or later) can convert a local repository A in new layout
> to a repo B in old layout using the command:
>
>    hg --config format.usefncache=0 clone --pull A B
>
> Repo B can then be used with Mercurial 1.0 (and older).
>
> See http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/fncacheRepoFormat

But there is a still simpler way: 
$ hg serve # on the source machine (IP)
$ hg clone IP:8000 REPO

The wire protocol didn't change, so you can just clone the served repo. 

And I think that this information should be in the book, too. 

Best wishes, 
Arne
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