[PATCH] keyword: handle filectx _customcmp

Pierre-Yves David pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org
Fri Oct 28 04:35:01 EDT 2016



On 10/20/2016 11:58 PM, Christian Ebert wrote:
> * Pierre-Yves David on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 00:27:21 +0200
>> On 10/17/2016 05:52 PM, Christian Ebert wrote:
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User Christian Ebert <blacktrash at gmx.net>
>>> # Date 1476718966 -7200
>>> #      Mon Oct 17 17:42:46 2016 +0200
>>> # Node ID ebef6b5593fa812e907fb4dae920a0c8b2ee00a0
>>> # Parent  b85fa6bf298be07804a74d8fdec0d19fdbc6d740
>>> keyword: handle filectx _customcmp
>>
>> I'm not sure why this is an improvement. Can you elaborate on what
>> this changes do and why this is the way to go ?
>
> It was suggested by Yuya:
> https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2016-October/089461.html

Ha okay, I suggest mentioning that in the description next time.

>> Adding a test case to show what it fixes would be helpful.
>>
>>> Related to issue5364.
>
> I have no scenario where this has come up. The scenario of
> issue5364 was caused by an outdated version of the extension. I
> presume it could be seen as a precaution as kwfilectx_cmp
> basically mimics filectx.cmp.
>
> I already admitted cluelessnees regarding the _customcmp idea, so
> for lack of time to dig deeper I relied on Yuya's judgement.

Relying on yuya judgement is usually a good call ^^

However, the 4.0 freeze is in place and that does not seems suitable for 
stable, can you resend this when 4.0 is release on November 4.0 ?

Cheers,

-- 
Pierre-Yves David


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