[PATCH] Set automatically hg version in win32 installer

[Patrick Mézard]

Pascal Quantin a écrit :
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> 2009/1/18 Patrick Mézard <pmezard at gmail.com>:
>> Pascal Quantin a écrit :
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User Pascal Quantin < pascal.quantin at gmail.com>
>>> # Date 1232239553 -3600
>>> # Node ID d0c1165cc6d78e3bc562ad65f6bc6d6b6ff401f4
>>> # Parent  e9e5f6ea166494fe372defb6280e0d29727c9a42
>>> Set automatically hg version in win32 installer
>>>
>>> Retrieve hg version from __version__.py file and set it as application version in win32 installer
>>>
>>> diff --git a/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss b/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss
>>> --- a/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss
>>> +++ b/contrib/win32/mercurial.iss
>>> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>>>  [Setup]
>>>  AppCopyright=Copyright 2005-2009 Matt Mackall and others
>>>  AppName=Mercurial
>>> -AppVerName=Mercurial snapshot
>>> +AppVerName=Mercurial {code:ExtractVersion|''}
>> Where does it appear ? I cannot see anything in the installer properties (in explorer).
> 
> No I did not change the installer properties as it cannot display a
> changeset identity. But it will appread in the installer wizard and in
> windows uninstall panel.

While we are doing this, do you think we can embed it somewhere so it can be displayed in the Explorer properties? I think this could be useful.

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Patrick Mézard