Tune a bit the extdiff toplevel comments/samples.
* Capitalize the first letter of all sentences
* Add an example for GNU diff(1) 'context diff' mode.
* Explain the requirement for separate cmd.xxx and opts.xxx
options in .hgrc, which hopefully will guard against users
trying to add:
[extdiff]
# Add a new Mercurial command called `cdiff', which calls
# GNU diff(1) in 'context diff' mode.
cmd.cdiff = diff -Nprc5
which fails for recent crew builds with:
$ hg cdiff .
making snapshot of 1 files from rev 07dc4a569f4e
making snapshot of 1 files from working dir
diff -Nprc5: not found
The correct way to do this is by separating the cmd.cdiff and
opts.cdiff parts like this:
[extdiff]
# Add a new Mercurial command called `cdiff', which calls
# GNU diff(1) in 'context diff' mode.
cmd.cdiff = diff
opts.cdiff = -Nprc5
so add it as a new example and explicitly describe it in the
extdiff comments.
Mercurial git BK (*)
storage revlog delta compressed revisions SCCS weave
storage naming by filename by revision hash by filename
merge file DAGs changeset DAG file DAGs?
consistency SHA1 SHA1 CRC
signable? yes yes no
retrieve file tip O(1) O(1) O(revs)
add rev O(1) O(1) O(revs)
find prev file rev O(1) O(changesets) O(revs)
annotate file O(revs) O(changesets) O(revs)
find file changeset O(1) O(changesets) ?
checkout O(files) O(files) O(revs)?
commit O(changes) O(changes) ?
6 patches/s 6 patches/s slow
diff working dir O(changes) O(changes) ?
< 1s < 1s ?
tree diff revs O(changes) O(changes) ?
< 1s < 1s ?
hardlink clone O(files) O(revisions) O(files)
find remote csets O(log new) rsync: O(revisions) ?
git-http: O(changesets)
pull remote csets O(patch) O(modified files) O(patch)
repo growth O(patch) O(revisions) O(patch)
kernel history 300M 3.5G? 250M?
lines of code 2500 6500 (+ cogito) ??
* I've never used BK so this is just guesses