- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:50:42 -0500
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[ Bcc: public-{webapps,webevents,pointer-events,webapps-testsuite} ]
If you use hg @ W3C, please see the info below from Alexandre.
On 1/29/13 2:18 PM, ext Alexandre Bertails wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to share some tips about the use of Mercurial and
> dvcs.w3.org. It's based on very common issues that people are running
> into.
>
> do not use "tip" in the ED URL
> ------------------------------
>
> For Mercurial, "tip" is a virtual revision for the latest changeset
> among all branches.
>
> So, instead of using
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/ldpwg/raw-file/tip/ldp.html
> you may want to use
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/ldpwg/raw-file/default/ldp.html
>
> Instead of "default", you can use whatever branch is
> available. "default" will be there by default.
>
> do not force an `hg push`
> -------------------------
>
> When your Mercurial client tells you that you're about to create a
> remote head, DO NOT USE "-f" TO FORCE THE OPERATION. That's bad. Very
> bad.
>
> commit before pull/merge
> ------------------------
>
> Always `hg commit` before synchronizing repositories or you'll loose
> data.
>
> inspect the history tree
> ------------------------
>
> Run the following command to understand what happened:
>
> [[
> hg glog --template '{node|short}: {desc}\n' | head -55
> ]]
>
> That's also a quick and easy way to know who to blame :-)
>
> cut heads
> ---------
>
> To know about all the heads:
>
> [[
> hg heads
> ]]
>
> And that's how the French cut heads:
>
> [[
> hg merge -r THE_REVISION_OF_THE_OTHER_HEAD
> ]]
>
> (don't forget to commit!)
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Alexandre, W3C Systems Team.
>
Received on Tuesday, 29 January 2013 19:51:14 UTC