[PATCH] Proof of concept: Use paths instead of the suggested Scheme extension

[Mads Kiilerich]

# HG changeset patch
# User Mads Kiilerich <mads at kiilerich.com>
# Date 1236952811 -3600
# Node ID 78c5cf749e68fc5208b6b7a1c1d1c9079adf3b94
# Parent  2444285ec33870de0e3fcaa7c9cfda63649c3a5e
Proof of concept: Use paths instead of the suggested Scheme extension

Usage example:
hg -v --config paths.selenic=http://www.selenic.com/repo/ clone selenic/hello /tmp/hello

diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -363,10 +363,14 @@
         if "://" in loc or os.path.isdir(os.path.join(loc, '.hg')):
             return loc
 
-        path = self.config("paths", loc)
-        if not path and default is not None:
-            path = self.config("paths", default)
-        return path or loc
+        pos = len(loc)
+        while pos > 0:
+            path = self.config("paths", loc[:pos])
+            if path:
+                return path + '/' + loc[pos + 1:]
+            pos = loc.rfind('/', 0, pos)
+
+        return self.config("paths", default) or loc
 
     def pushbuffer(self):
         self.buffers.append([])