Re: C-x v i bug

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:08 -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Matt Mackall <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 11:09 -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   > > Matt Mackall <address@hidden> writes:
>   > > 
>   > >   > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 09:40 -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   > >   > > Matt Mackall <address@hidden> writes:
>   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 07:54 -0800, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
>   > >   > >   > > Martin Geisler <address@hidden> writes:
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> writes:
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > > Let's first talk about the original problem that 
> started this
>   > >   > >   > >   > > discussion.
>   > >   > >   > >   > >
>   > >   > >   > >   > > When a file in a directory that is under mercurial 
> control is opened
>   > >   > >   > >   > > in emacs, emacs runs "hg status FILE" so that it 
> knows if it's
>   > >   > >   > >   > > registered or not, if it's modified, etc.
>   > >   > >   > >   > >
>   > >   > >   > >   > > Any user settings in .hgrc should be irrelevant to 
> the above. Right?
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > Right. Many people use the color extension to get 
> better feedback from
>   > >   > >   > >   > 'hg status', but if Emacs sets TERM=dumb, then the 
> extension will
>   > >   > >   > >   > disable itself. I'm just mentioning color to say that 
> there are useful
>   > >   > >   > >   > extensions out there that modify even basic commands 
> like 'hg status'.
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > > It's desirable that this is as fast as possible, so 
> processing .hgrc,
>   > >   > >   > >   > > initializing plugins will just waste time.
>   > >   > >   > >   > > After that emacs will want to know the version number 
> for the file, for that
>   > >   > >   > >   > > it runs "hg log -l1 FILE", and parse it from the 
> output.
>   > >   > >   > >   > > Any user settings in .hgrc should be irrelevant for 
> this command.  Right?
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > Right, and it's even quite important that you disable 
> localization (run
>   > >   > >   > >   > hg with LANGUAGE=C in the environment). Otherwise 
> you'll end up parsing:
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   >   % hg log -l1 README
>   > >   > >   > >   >   ændring:     9586:a41f2840f9c6
>   > >   > >   > >   >   bruger:      Lee Cantey <address@hidden>
>   > >   > >   > >   >   dato:        Tue Oct 13 12:27:50 2009 -0700
>   > >   > >   > >   >   uddrag:      README: revert accidental commit
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > The user could also very well have installed a 
> different default style
>   > >   > >   > >   > by setting ui.style. On the command line it's done line 
> this:
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > Thank you, this was very useful in taking care of some 
> issues in emacs.
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > >   >   % hg log -l1 README --style=compact
>   > >   > >   > >   >   9586   a41f2840f9c6   2009-10-13 12:27 -0700   lcantey
>   > >   > >   > >   >     README: revert accidental commit
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > > [too bad that the status and version number are not 
> available from a
>   > >   > >   > >   > > single command...]
>   > >   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > >   > Well, you know, files don't really have a version 
> number with modern
>   > >   > >   > >   > version control systems. The entire tree has a version 
> number... You can
>   > >   > >   > >   > of course ask about when a file was last touched, but I 
> think that
>   > >   > >   > >   > information is getting more and more irrelevant these 
> days.
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > In emacs the generic Version Control layer needs a version 
> number in some case.
>   > >   > >   > > Here's an example from a bug report:
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > cd  /tmp
>   > >   > >   > > mkdir hgtest2
>   > >   > >   > > cd hgtest2
>   > >   > >   > > hg init
>   > >   > >   > > echo foo > foo.txt
>   > >   > >   > > hg add foo.txt
>   > >   > >   > > hg commit -m "Added foo.txt"
>   > >   > >   > > hg branch bar
>   > >   > >   > > echo bar > foo.txt
>   > >   > >   > > hg commit -m "Changed foo to bar"
>   > >   > >   > > hg update -r default
>   > >   > >   > > echo frobozz > frobozz.txt
>   > >   > >   > > hg add frobozz.txt
>   > >   > >   > > hg commit -m "Added frobozz.txt"
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > now open the file mkdir /tmp/hgtest2/foo.txt and ask to see 
> the
>   > >   > >   > > annotated version, emacs does that by running
>   > >   > >   > > 
>   > >   > >   > > hg annotate -r REVISION foo.txt
>   > >   > >   > >
>   > >   > >   > > How can REVISION be obtained in this case?
>   > >   > >   > > It should be "0", but
>   > >   > >   > > hg log -l1 foo.txt
>   > >   > >   > > does not show that...
>   > >   > >   > 
>   > >   > >   > Version numbers are not per-file in Mercurial. The number you 
> should use
>   > >   > >   > is the global number (or numbers!) reported by hg parents. 
> This revision
>   > >   > >   > is also known as '.', eg 'hg annotate -r . foo.txt'. 
>   > >   > > 
>   > >   > > . is not usable in all cases.   For the example above:
>   > >   > > 
>   > >   > > hg log -r . foo.txt 
>   > >   > > 
>   > >   > > does not work, it does not show anything.
>   > >   > 
>   > >   > I just tested it with the above commands and it works at least as 
> far
>   > >   > back as 1.0.
>   > > 
>   > >  cat foo.txt
>   > > foo
>   > > $ hg parents foo.txt 
>   > > changeset:   0:1ac3a9e3757e
>   > > user:        address@hidden
>   > > date:        Thu Dec 17 08:06:39 2009 -0800
>   > > summary:     Added foo.txt
>   > > 
>   > > $ hg log foo.txt 
>   > > changeset:   1:6d88f588d323
>   > > branch:      bar
>   > > user:        address@hidden
>   > > date:        Thu Dec 17 08:06:39 2009 -0800
>   > > summary:     Changed foo to bar
>   > > 
>   > > changeset:   0:1ac3a9e3757e
>   > > user:        address@hidden
>   > > date:        Thu Dec 17 08:06:39 2009 -0800
>   > > summary:     Added foo.txt
>   > > 
>   > > $ hg log -r . foo.txt 
>   > > $ env HGRC= hg log -r . foo.txt
>   > 
>   > There's no such environment variable. Perhaps you want HGRCPATH.
>   > 
>   > > $ hg --version
>   > > Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.4)
>   > > 
>   > > Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Matt Mackall <address@hidden> and others
>   > > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is 
> NO
>   > > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
> PURPOSE.
>   > > 
>   > > This is on an up to date Fedora 12 machine.
>   > > 
>   > > Is your output different.
>   > 
>   > Yes. The following script:
>   > 
>   > #!/bin/sh
>   > 
>   > rm -rf a
>   > hg init a
>   > cd a
>   > 
>   > echo foo > foo.txt
>   > hg add foo.txt
>   > hg commit -qm "Added foo.txt"
>   > hg branch -q bar
>   > echo bar > foo.txt
>   > hg commit -qm "Changed foo to bar"
>   > hg update -qr default
>   > echo frobozz > frobozz.txt
>   > hg add frobozz.txt
>   > hg commit -qm "Added frobozz.txt"
>   > hg annotate -r . foo.txt
>   > 
>   > gives me:
>   > 
>   > 0: foo
> 
> I think we are miscommunicating.  I have stated already that "-r ."
> works fine for "hg annotate".
> Please re-read the output I gave above it is for "hg log", NOT "hg
> annotate".
> With your script "hg log -r . foo.txt" does not show anything.

I see.

> The point here is that "-r ." CANNOT be used in all contexts to show
> information about a file.

You might find 'hg log -fql1 <file>' helpful.

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