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== 1.4 - 2009-11-16 ==

=== core ===

 * summary: new command summarizes current working state
 * tags: new tag cache greatly speeds up tag operations
 * diff: new `--stat` option to show diffstat
 * diff: add `--reverse` option to diff
 * subrepo: fix a bunch of issues with the experimental subrepo extension
 * status: fixes for behavior when working with clock skew
 * clone: new `-u/--updaterev` option
 * templater: new `latesttag` and `latesttagdistance` keywords
 * push/pull: handle some broken pipe errors during large transfers
 * config: environment variables and `~user` constructs are expanded in pathnames

=== hgweb ===

 * fix for showing header lines in raw changeset diffs
 * try to send better error messages to the client
 * use config-supplied ordering by default in hgwebdir index pages
 * add `web.descend` option to disable showing all nested repositories in hgwebdir

=== documentation and help ===

 * new config help topic
 * help texts are now written in [[http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html|reStructuredText]] format
 * many translation updates including a new Swedish translation
 * many help text updates and improvements

=== extensions ===

 * mq: add `-1` options to qapplied/qunapplied
 * patchbomb: add a `--flag` option to set a flag value in the Subject header
 * patchbomb: correctly handle Unicode domains (using the IDNA encoding scheme)
 * color: improve colorization of the qseries command
 * inotify: many improvements, this should now be quite stable
 * zeroconf: show repository descriptions
 * rebase: some performance and correctness fixes
 * extdiff: add 3-way diff for merge changesets
 * convert: handle directory renaming in Darcs, fixed file renaming
 * relink: new extension which helps people re-hardlink their clones

=== other ===

 * contrib/shrink-revlog.py script that can significantly shrink some internal hg files
 * work around non-standard locale settings on OS X

Release Notes

Be sure to read UpgradeNotes and, if relevant, API Changes.

(See archive for older versions. New versions will be released according to the time-based release plan.)

1. 1.4 - 2009-11-16

1.1. core

  • summary: new command summarizes current working state
  • tags: new tag cache greatly speeds up tag operations
  • diff: new --stat option to show diffstat

  • diff: add --reverse option to diff

  • subrepo: fix a bunch of issues with the experimental subrepo extension
  • status: fixes for behavior when working with clock skew
  • clone: new -u/--updaterev option

  • templater: new latesttag and latesttagdistance keywords

  • push/pull: handle some broken pipe errors during large transfers
  • config: environment variables and ~user constructs are expanded in pathnames

1.2. hgweb

  • fix for showing header lines in raw changeset diffs
  • try to send better error messages to the client
  • use config-supplied ordering by default in hgwebdir index pages
  • add web.descend option to disable showing all nested repositories in hgwebdir

1.3. documentation and help

  • new config help topic
  • help texts are now written in reStructuredText format

  • many translation updates including a new Swedish translation
  • many help text updates and improvements

1.4. extensions

  • mq: add -1 options to qapplied/qunapplied

  • patchbomb: add a --flag option to set a flag value in the Subject header

  • patchbomb: correctly handle Unicode domains (using the IDNA encoding scheme)
  • color: improve colorization of the qseries command
  • inotify: many improvements, this should now be quite stable
  • zeroconf: show repository descriptions
  • rebase: some performance and correctness fixes
  • extdiff: add 3-way diff for merge changesets
  • convert: handle directory renaming in Darcs, fixed file renaming
  • relink: new extension which helps people re-hardlink their clones

1.5. other

  • contrib/shrink-revlog.py script that can significantly shrink some internal hg files
  • work around non-standard locale settings on OS X

2. Version 1.3.1 - 2009-07-23

Regression fixes:

  • fixed excessive memory usage issues with diff and strip
  • fixed ssh performance issue on OS X
  • fixed slow calculation of branch heads
  • fixed handling of port numbers in URLs
  • fixed transaction handling exception
  • fixed incoming with graphlog extension
  • fixed slow commit in fetch extension
  • fixed loading of win32mbcs extension

Other fixes:

  • fixed http username handling in acl extension
  • fixed subrepo path joining on Windows
  • allow update --check to cross branches
  • miscellaneous small doc and bug fixes

3. Version 1.3 - 2009-07-01

3.1. Major Changes

  • experimental support for sub-repositories

  • Python 2.3 is no longer supported; now requires Python 2.4-2.6

3.2. Commands

  • merge: add -P/--preview option
  • update: don't unlink added files when -C/--clean is specified
  • update: added -c/--check option to abort on local changes
  • update: allow merges going backwards
  • push: improved handling of named branches
  • branches/heads: add a -c/--closed option to show closed branches
  • help: new extensions topic

3.3. General

  • add patch.eol config setting to work with cross-platform patches
  • fixed support for SSL through proxies
  • add ability to load hooks from arbitrary Python modules
  • hide passwords for HTTP repositories in error and log output
  • fix Python 2.6 support in the Windows installer
  • add mechanism for specifying HTTP authentication details in hgrc
  • prompts and choices are now shown even in non-interactive mode
  • performance improvements, especially on Windows
  • much improved zsh completion
  • improved Danish, Japanese, Italian and simplified Chinese translations
  • new German, French, Greek, Brazilian Portuguese and traditional Chinese translations

3.4. Web interface

  • read configuration data from webdir configs
  • add branches page to hgweb
  • pluggable templater engine support
  • refresh hgwebdir configuration periodically
  • let web.encoding override ui.encoding setting
  • deal with dicts/lists like webdir config paths

3.5. Extensions

  • experimental share extension

  • the alias extension has been moved into core
  • mq
    • add -P/--push option to qimport
    • numerous bug fixes
  • convert
    • improved source detection
    • support for comments in author maps
    • add branch map support
    • add different ordering options
    • svn: support OS-specific authn providers
    • svn: improved tag support
    • git: add committer tag only when needed
    • bzr: fix renaming support
    • bzr: add support for filemaps
    • bzr: handle timestamps correctly
    • bzr: fix symlink handling
    • bzr: restore paths to source encoding
    • cvs: add support for CVS merge(point)s
    • cvs: add support for synthetic revisions
    • cvs: better support for branchpoints
    • cvs: deprecate use of external cvsps
    • mtn: improve renaming support
    • mtn: support mtn database files as source
    • mtn: improve date/time support
    • p4: better handling of keywords, binary files and symlinks
  • rebase
    • don't lose copy/rename info
    • keep original mq patch format
  • zeroconf
    • advertise repositories by hostname
    • try to guess IP address if necessary
  • patchbomb
    • option to set attachment name
    • support for In-Reply-To header
  • inotify
    • fix handling of untracked files moved out of repository
    • fix support for directory deletion
  • acl: now works with push over https

4. Version 1.2.1 - 2009-03-20

This is a bugfix release.

  • fixed version number build from tarball
  • fix allow_read logic for hgweb
  • improve handling of damaged revlogs in verify
  • keep .orig files when resolving
  • clear resolve state properly when rebasing
  • improve --command handling with bisect
  • fix diff against bundles
  • improve fetch logic for inactive branches
  • fix diffstat with notify
  • fix 'synthetic file adds' in CVS conversion

5. Version 1.2 - 2009-03-04

This is a larger feature release.

General features:

  • explicit closing of named branches via hg commit --close-branch
  • hg now accepts options given after arguments on the commandline
  • added translation support with initial Danish, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian translations
  • added optional pure-Python versions of C modules
  • pending changesets can now be accessed safely from hooks
  • diff: added -c option to show single changeset
  • many improvements to the documentation and online help topics

Extensions:

  • convert:
    • new support for perforce sources
    • improvements to handling cvs sources
    • improvements to handling gnu arch source
    • improvements to handling darcs sources
  • bookmarks:
    • set current to new when current is renamed
    • bookmarks: Add track.current option
    • bookmarks: add bookmarks to tags
  • mq: allow qpop when it won't invalidate any dirstate parents
  • patchbomb: respect diff settings
  • rebase: pull --rebase updates if there is nothing to rebase
  • bugzilla: updated to work with Bugzilla 3.2
  • zeroconf: added more documentation
  • hgk: add several color settings
  • the imerge extension has been removed (obsoleted by the resolve command)

6. Version 1.1.2 - 2008-12-31

This is a minor release including one security fix and two minor bug fixes

  • improve path auditing (issue 1450)
  • fix date-related test failures in test suite
  • add graph controls to monoblue theme

7. Version 1.1.1 - 2008-12-20

This is a bugfix release

  • make hgweb recursion optional (use '**' rather than '*')
  • fix fncache bug for directories ending in ' ' or '.'
  • require -a switch to resolve all files
  • improve help for resolve command
  • fix inotify interaction with bundle diffs
  • fix strange readline import error on Windows
  • fix non-existing target directory with git diffs
  • fix removing symlinks with git diffs
  • fix directory creation bug in patch
  • rebase: allow keeping branch names
  • fix a copy bug in the SVN converter

8. Version 1.1 - 2008-12-2

This is a larger feature release.

General:

  • Added 'resolve' command for better tracking of in-progress merges
  • Several speedups for status and diff commands (especially on Windows)
  • Some modules have been rewritten in C for greater speed
  • Compatibility with Python 2.6
  • Improved correctness in the face of casefolding filesystems
  • Fixed a possible race condition in pull
  • Fix support for context-size diff settings
  • Fixed several crashes on Windows related to code freezing
  • Don't complain when trying to load extensions twice
  • Allow C extensions to compile on Haiku
  • Allow for committing in-memory file contents
  • New repository format which limits path lengths in the store
  • Unclutter commands list by extracting extension commands into separate lists
  • static-http support is now a fallback for the general http support
  • Add some buffering to the templater
  • Better documentation on git diffs

Web interface:

  • Add a canvas-based repository graph
  • New and improved hgweb themes: paper, coal and monoblue
  • paper is now the new default style; the old default is now called 'spartan'
  • Better WSGI compliance
  • Collections now show nested repos (best used without a checkout)
  • diffs are more sensible, follow diff.git settings
  • Full author name available in annotate templates
  • Make it easier to add template paths in extensions
  • Support for allow_read/deny_read access controls
  • Working diff and file log for removed files
  • Better alternative for repository collections
  • Corrected feed link in gitweb theme
  • Fix a bug with CGIs running under IIS

Commands:

  • commit: print the revision ID when invoked with --verbose
  • resolve: new command to help keep track of merges
  • merge: only implicitly select same-branch heads
  • export: append instead of overwrite when exporting multiple changesets
  • bundle: added support for different compression types
  • rollback: clean up empty files
  • help: several more sections from the manual are available through hg help now
  • bisect: better documentation, give better feedback, option for scripted testing
  • branch: allow for resetting current branch name
  • patch: add a --similarity option to do rename/copy detection
  • tag: without a checkout, use tip as the tagging revision's parent
  • log: allow searching by user (with -u)
  • import: importing from URL now works with http authentication
  • unbundle: importing from URL now works
  • pull: with -u, still update if there's only one head on the current branch
  • diff: fix a problem with the --showfunc option

Extensions:

  • rebase: new extension to support rebasing changesets
  • bookmarks: new extension to provide (local-only) git-like branches
  • zeroconf: new extension to support publishing repositories through Zeroconf/Bonjour
  • hgcia: new extension to facilitate communication with CIA

  • mq:
    • qfinish: added command for conversion of patches into changesets
    • qpush/qgoto: gracefully abort when encountering guards
    • qrefresh: don't lose work when interrupted
    • qimport: allow for importing patches from URLs
    • qnew: abort early if patch already exists, be more careful in general
    • qdiff: now supports all diff options
    • qfold: more tolerance of file removals, better handling of commit messages
    • import: prevent import from working when patches are applied
  • convert:
    • added support for conversion from bzr repositories
    • incorporate an improved Python version of cvsps, replacing the external cvsps tool (see upgrade notes)
    • compatibility with recent git releases
    • add an option to start from an arbitrary revision
    • correctly encode characters in Subversion repository URLs
    • better, more tolerant tags detection
  • highlight:
    • remove need to pre-generate CSS stylesheet
    • compatibility with older Pygments versions
    • make the lexer guessing faster by not reading all of the file
    • allow demandimport to load it incrementally
  • fetch: improve support for named branches
  • graphlog:
    • now adds --graph options to log, incoming and outgoing
    • fix calls from outside the repository
  • inotify:
    • many bugfixes, should work much better
    • daemon is automatically started by default
  • color:
    • add colorization of diffs
    • add --color options to many commands
  • keywords: be more careful about expanding binary files
  • bugzilla: added support for Bugzilla 3.0
  • pager: allow per-command configuration
  • hgk: display branch names for revisions
  • churn: support for templated statistics report generation
  • patchbomb: charset encoding can now be configured
  • notify: charset encoding can now be configured

9. Version 1.0.2 - 2008-08-13

This is a relatively small bugfix release with two security fixes.

Security:

  • ensure that git patches only touch files within the repository (CVE-2008-2942)

  • hgweb: fix "allowpull" permission being ignored when pulling from hgweb

General:

  • commit: handle copies of previously deleted files (issue 1175)
  • bisect: allow for having multiple resulting changesets
  • fix Python 2.3 compatibility
  • make mq patches and .hgtags hardlink-safe again
  • various documentation improvements and fixes
  • fix a crash when addremove was called to replace a deleted directory with a symlink
  • make branches output easier to parse (issue 1230)
  • fix inactive branches detection (issue 1104)
  • hgweb: fix a crash in archive when the URL did not end in an expected archive type
  • sshserver: fix a crash in error handling code
  • fix the patchbomb extension on Windows by including email package in binary installations
  • handle symlinks when OS supports them but FS doesn't (issue 1149)

Extensions:

  • mq:
    • fix qrefresh losing metadata on the last refreshed file (issue 1134)
    • fix a crash when renaming a patch just after a versioned queue initialization
    • fix the path of an explicitly specified queue when merging patches
    • strip now updates the working directory only if a parent was stripped
  • convert:
    • CVS: fix a crash when converting an existing working copy
    • monotone: fix quotes and backslashes parsing when reading commit messages
    • Subversion: correctly normalize paths and slashes
    • Subversion: fix compatibility with Subversion 1.5
    • git: allow converter to work with recent git releases
  • color:
    • get coloring for qseries --verbose output
    • improve mq extension detection
    • reset coloring before and after outputting colorized lines
  • highlight: fix a performance issue when detecting file types from large files
  • notify: take the diff options into account

10. Version 1.0.1 - 2008-05-22

This is a relatively small bugfix release.

General:

  • several improvements in file copying implementation
  • allow different default value for diff.unified option
  • allow explicit use of internal merge tools

Commands:

  • rename: doesn't unlink source file with --after
  • backout: reverse changeset belongs on current branch

Extensions:

  • convert:
    • svn: improved detection of tags (has also become optional)
    • svn: improved branch handling
    • svn: better detection of file copies
  • mq:
    • expand terse command help texts
    • fix unimplemented qdiff -U option
  • highlight: fix compatibility with older Pygments (0.5.1)
  • churn: allow whitespaces as delimiter in aliases
  • pager: disable when used with --debugger

11. Version 1.0 - 2008-03-24

General:

  • greatly improved merge tool configuration, see "hgrc.5.txt" for details

  • improved copy/rename handling in diffs, status, and merge
  • files in .hg inherit permissions from .hg/store
  • infer --repository when possible, so commands may be run from anywhere.
  • easy-installable
  • new "droplet" logo

Commands:

  • archive: disable ".hg_archival.txt" file addition with "ui.archivemeta"
  • bisect: now built-in with greatly improved performance and usability
  • bundle: new --all option to bundle the whole repository more easily.
  • cat: apply decode filters with --decode
  • clone: can clone from a full-history bundle
  • commit: warn when creating a new head
  • debugancestor: index argument is now optional
  • diff: set the number of context line to show with -U/--unified
  • grep: display matched revisions commit date with --date
  • import: new --no-commit and --user options
  • incoming/outgoing: add --limit option
  • log: use -b/--only-branch to show revisions of a single branch
  • remove: improve handling for --after
  • revert: major speedup
  • serve: prefix the served path with --prefix (also in [web] section)
  • status: unknown files are skipped by --quiet
  • tag: allow multiple tags to be added or removed
  • tags: --verbose flags local tags
  • update: switch between named branches without -C

Extensions:

  • churn: promoted to an official extension (previously in contrib)
  • color: new extension coloring "status" and "qseries" command outputs
  • convert:
    • allow synthetic history to be spliced in with --splicemap
    • support GNU Arch and Monotone sources
    • svn: allow shallow conversions of single branches with convert.svn.startrev option.
    • svn: make trunk/branches/tags layout detection more flexible by allowing either of them to be skipped.
    • svn: preliminary support as a conversion target
  • hgk: configuration file changed from .gitk to .hgk
  • highlight: new extension enabling syntax highlighting in hgweb file view (requires pygments)
  • inotify: new extension using Linux 2.6 inotify API for instant status checking
  • keyword: new extension for filewise RCS-keyword expansion in working directory
  • mq: new --currentdate, --date, --currentuser, and --user options
  • record: add "qrecord" command when used with mq
  • win32mbcs: new extension dealing with problematic MBCS behavior on Windows

Web interface:

  • improved WSGI integration and compatibility
  • follow symlinks in hgwebdir collections
  • show branches in most of gitweb templates
  • add line anchors to annotate, changeset, diff and file views
  • support web.baseurl in hgwebdir, overriding SCRIPT_NAME

Hooks:

  • standard hook to reject text files with CRLF in win32text extension
  • redirect stdout to stderr for ssh and http servers

Windows support:

  • "hg" script output set to binary mode for redirecting diff, export, annotate, etc.
  • also search for .hgrc if mercurial.ini cannot be found
  • major speedup of "clone --pull"

12. Version 0.9.5 - 2007-10-19

New features:

  • Handle symlinks on systems without symlink support
  • hg archive supports symlinks
  • Display executable/symlink bit with "hg manifest -v" (see UpgradeNotes)

  • Improved hg verify diagostics
  • Faster revlog handling
  • Faster handling of large directories
  • Greatly improved handling of large files
  • Atom syndication support in hgweb
  • Improved test suite with parallel execution

Fixes:

  • Fixes for some file copy and rename corner cases
  • Allow moving newly-added files before commit
  • Improve hg diff whitespace handling
  • Disallow fast-forward merge with an ancestor
  • Fix adding untracked files on directory renames
  • Fix hg archive %r format specifier
  • Fix re: and glob: patterns in .hgignore
  • Improve hg executable path resolution
  • Many options and hgrc parsing improvements
  • Better handling of VFAT filesystems on Linux
  • Fix tgz archival on Windows
  • Fix hg serve on Windows requiring pywin32 modules
  • Fix --profile under Windows

New extensions:

  • alias - allow user-defined command aliases
  • children - show the children of the given or working dir revision
  • imerge - incremental interactive merging
  • interhg - modify changelog text as in InterWiki

  • record - darcs-style interactive change selection during commit

New extension features:

  • convert
    • Now supports Subversion, Darcs and Mercurial as source SCMs
    • Use clone's behaviour for the default destination name
    • Force encoding to UTF-8 for converted repository
    • Support new-style .cvspass file format
    • Filter the files and directories to import
    • Remap paths to new locations during import
  • hgk
    • Fix hgk stopping because of untrusted repository warnings
    • Handle filenames with spaces
    • Improved documentation
  • mq
    • Autodetect --git patches on qrefresh

13. Version 0.9.4 - 2007-06-25

New features:

  • support for symlinks
  • improved tag handling
  • improved merge handling of file and directory renames
  • improved named branch usability
  • numerous improvements to commands
  • generic pre- and post-command hooks
  • improved Windows support
  • basic BeOS and OpenVMS support
  • numerous bug fixes

New extensions and contributions:

  • extensions can now be specified in .hg/hgrc
  • new convert extension with CVS support
  • new graphlog extension
  • improved patchbomb extension
  • example FastCGI script

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