Inconsistency in "hg verify" output

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Thu May 11 11:00:25 CDT 2006


On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:38:38AM -0400, Colin McMillen wrote:
> > Yes, hg verify (without -v) only tells you if you don't use the
> > default revlog format as specified in the source or in your .hgrc.
> > 
> > This is intended to give a small hint that something is not like you
> > want it for new repositories.
> > 
> > Maybe you can send a patch for the doc string of commands.verify to
> > document this somehow?
> 
> Hm, I would suggest changing the output to always show the revlog
> format, with an appended "(not default!)" if it's not the default. That
> would be more consistent *and* more clear what's going on in the event
> you're using an old revlog version.

I don't expect we'll change formats between now and, say, 2.0.
And I expect that we'll deprecate the original format before too long
as well. So for most people, it'll just be wasted output.

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