[PATCH 1 of 6 censor RFC] mdiff: add helper for making deltas which replace the full text of a revision

Sean Farley sean.michael.farley at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 18:02:00 CST 2015


Mike Edgar writes:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User Mike Edgar <adgar at google.com>
> # Date 1421876109 18000
> #      Wed Jan 21 16:35:09 2015 -0500
> # Node ID c918140288f12c3b5fb408da89512baff72ffd17
> # Parent  22a979d1ae569d1cd87f166b5600def0fe93efb3
> mdiff: add helper for making deltas which replace the full text of a revision
>
> This helper will be used initially for censor-aware delta generation. Deltas
> which replace the full contents of the base revision are guaranteed to apply
> correctly regardless of whether the delta recipient has censored the base.
>
> For background and broader design of the censorship feature, see:
> http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/CensorPlan

I realize this is RFC but Matt usually suggests holding off on these
types of patches while in a code freeze so that contributors can
concentrate on bug fixes.


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