An extension for hg using git-flow branch model

[Adrian Buehlmann]

On 2011-01-19 03:05, yinweiming at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> 
> I am a new comer in this mail group. Say hello to everybody.

Welcome!

> I think much people heard about git-flow,
> http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ .
> I just write hg flow and using in my own team. I put it on bitbucket.org
> <http://bitbucket.org>, you can get it here
> https://bitbucket.org/yinwm/hgflow .
> 
> If you think that's not bad, please give me some feedback.
> 
> Thanks so much.

(tl;dr summary: License your extensions under GPL v2+!)

Sorry for the bad news: but your license [1] is most likely ineffective
for anyone actually trying to use your extension.

As soon as your program does things like:

  from mercurial import commands
  from mercurial import hg

you are most likely calling into mercurial's internal API [2]. Quote
(reference added).

  Using this API is a strong indication that you're creating a
  "derived work" subject to the GPL. Before going any further,
  read the License page [3]

See also WritingExtensions [4].

[1] https://bitbucket.org/yinwm/hgflow/src/tip/LICENSE
[2] http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MercurialApi
[3] http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/License
[4] http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WritingExtensions