mercurial-crew-with-dirclash: contrib/win32/postinstall.txt annotate

annotate contrib/win32/postinstall.txt @ 2736:a5c43944e1ee

avoid calling (cd ...) with `nil' as a directory name When (hg-root) cannot determine the current Mercurial root, print an error message instead of trying to evaluate (cd nil).

author	Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
date	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:37:08 +0300
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children	1ef8ada4370f

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1289 8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	1 Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	2 ---------------------------------
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	3
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	4 For configuration and usage directions, please read the ReadMe.html
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	5 file that comes with this package.
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	6
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	7 Release Notes
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	8 -------------
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	9
2681 259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	10 2006-07-24 v0.9.1
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	11
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	12 Major changes between Mercurial 0.9 and 0.9.1:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	13
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	14 New features:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	15 - You can now configure your 'hgweb' server to let remote users
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	16 'push' changes over http.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	17 - You can now 'import' a patch in a mail message by saving the mail
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	18 message, and importing it. This works for patches sent either
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	19 inline or as attachments.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	20 - The 'diff' command now accepts '-rA:B' syntax as a synonym for
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	21 '-r A -r B', and adds '-b' and '-B' options.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	22
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	23 New contributions and extensions:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	24 - The 'acl' extension lets you lock down parts of a repository
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	25 against incoming changes
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	26 - The 'extdiff' extension lets you run your favourite graphical
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	27 change viewer
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	28 - Comprehensive integration with the 'vim' editor
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	29 - A restricted shell for 'ssh'-hosted repositories
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	30 - An importer for 'darcs' repositories
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	31
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	32 New hooks added:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	33 - 'preupdate' is run before an update or merge in the working
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	34 directory.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	35 - 'update' is run after an update or merge in the working
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	36 directory.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	37
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	38 Behaviour changes:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	39 - NOTE: Mercurial as installed by the Windows binary
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	40 installer no longer performs automatic line-ending conversion for
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	41 Unix/Linux compatibility. To re-enable this feature, edit your
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	42 'mercurial.ini' file after you upgrade.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	43 - The Windows binary installer now automatically adds 'hg' to your
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	44 '%PATH%'.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	45 - The 'backout' command now runs an editor by default, to let you
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	46 modify the commit message for a backed-out changeset.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	47 - An earlier problem with parsing of tags has been fixed.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	48 This makes tag parsing slower but more reliable.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	49
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	50 Memory usage and performance improvements:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	51 - The 'remove' command has been rewritten to be hundreds of times
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	52 faster in large repositories.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	53 - It is now possible to 'clone' a repository very quickly over a
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	54 LAN, if the server is configured to allow it. See the new 'server'
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	55 section in the 'hgrc' documentation.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	56
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	57 Other changes of note:
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	58 - Mercurial will now print help for an extension if you type 'hg
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	59 help EXT_NAME'.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	60 - The usual array of bug fixes and documentation improvements.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	61 - The integrated web server is now more WSGI-compliant.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	62 - Work has begun to solidify Mercurial's API for use by third-party
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	63 packages.
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	64
259acfb963d1 Update Windows and Mac installers to 0.9.1 release Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2276 diff changeset	65
2276 766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	66 2006-05-10 v0.9
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	67
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	68 * Major changes between Mercurial 0.8.1 and 0.9:
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	69
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	70 - The repository file format has been improved.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	71 - This has resulted in an average 40% reduction in disk space usage.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	72 - The new format (called RevlogNG) is now the default.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	73 - Mercurial works perfectly with both the old and new repository
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	74 file formats. It can transfer changes transparently between
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	75 repositories of either format.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	76 - To use the new repository format, simply use `hg clone --pull` to
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	77 clone an existing repository.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	78 - Note: Versions 0.8.1 and earlier of Mercurial cannot read
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	79 RevlogNG repositories directly, but they can `clone`, `pull`
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	80 from, and `push` to servers that are serving RevlogNG
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	81 repositories.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	82 - Memory usage has been improved by over 50% for many common operations.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	83 - Substantial performance improvements on large repositories.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	84 - New commands:
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	85 - 'archive' - generate a directory tree snapshot, tarball, or zip
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	86 file of a revision
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	87 - Deprecated commands:
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	88 - 'addremove' - replaced by 'add' and 'remove --after'
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	89 - 'forget' - replaced by 'revert'
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	90 - 'undo' - replaced by 'rollback'
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	91 - New extensions:
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	92 - Bugzilla integration hook
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	93 - Email notification hook
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	94 - Nested repositories are now supported. Mercurial will not recurse
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	95 into a subdirectory that contains a '.hg' directory. It is treated
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	96 as a separate repository.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	97 - The standalone web server, 'hg serve', is now threaded, so it can
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	98 talk to multiple clients at a time.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	99 - The web server can now display a "message of the day".
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	100 - Support added for hooks written in Python.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	101 - Many improvements and clarifications to built-in help.
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	102
766c3c852786 Update Windows release notes and install script for v0.9 Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 2216 diff changeset	103
2216 1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	104 2006-04-07 v0.8.1
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	105
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	106 * Major changes from 0.8 to 0.8.1:
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	107
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	108 - new extensions:
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	109 mq (manage a queue of patches, like quilt only better)
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	110 email (send changes as series of email patches)
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	111 - new command: merge (replaces "update -m")
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	112 - improved commands: log (--limit option added), pull/push ("-r" works
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	113 on specific revisions), revert (rewritten, much better)
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	114 - comprehensive hook support
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	115 - output templating added, supporting e.g. GNU changelog style
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	116 - Windows, Mac OS X: prebuilt binary packages, better support
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	117 - many reliability, performance, and memory usage improvements
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	118
1cbd10cfcb7c Update release notes and copyright year for Windows installer. Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com> parents: 1690 diff changeset	119
1690 58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	120 2006-01-29 v0.8
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	121
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	122 * Upgrade notes:
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	123
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	124 - diff and status command are now repo-wide by default
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	125 (use 'hg diff .' for the old behavior)
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	126 - GPG signing is now done with the gpg extension
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	127 - the --text option for commit, rawcommit, and tag has been removed
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	128 - the copy/rename --parents option has been removed
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	129
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	130 * Major changes from 0.7 to 0.8:
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	131
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	132 - faster status, diff, and commit
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	133 - reduced memory usage for push and pull
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	134 - improved extension API
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	135 - new bisect, gpg, hgk, and win32text extensions
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	136 - short URLs, binary file handling, and optional gitweb skin for hgweb
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	137 - numerous new command options including log --keyword and pull --rev
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	138 - improved hooks and file filtering
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	139
58894621c87a Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files lcantey@gmail.com parents: 1305 diff changeset	140
1289 8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	141 2005-09-21 v0.7 with modifications
8d24d85ff054 Add post-install text file. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: diff changeset	142
1305 d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	143 * New INI files have been added to control Mercurial's behaviour:
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	144
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	145 System-wide - C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	146 Per-user - C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	147
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	148 A default version of the system-wide INI file is installed with
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	149 Mercurial. No per-user INI file is installed, but it will be
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	150 honoured if you create one.
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	151
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	152 * Windows line endings are now handled automatically and correctly by
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	153 the update and commit commands. See the INI file for how to
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	154 customise this behaviour.
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	155
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	156 * NOTE: Much of the rest of the Mercurial code does not handle Windows
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	157 line endings properly. Accordingly, the output of the diff command,
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	158 for example, will appear huge until I fix this.
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	159
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	160 * Packaged text files now have correct Windows line endings.
d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	161
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d4a555646460 Update Windows release notes. Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> parents: 1289 diff changeset	163 2005-09-21 v0.7 with modifications
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