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Differential D7302

zeroconf: improve the extension's documentation
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Authored by jcristau on Nov 7 2019, 5:50 AM.

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rHG6337b10c46bc: zeroconf: improve the extension's documentation

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jcristau created this revision.Nov 7 2019, 5:50 AM
jcristau added a comment.Nov 7 2019, 5:55 AM

FWIW Debian's been carrying this patch for 10 years. Submitting it now as suggested by Augie, so I can drop it downstream whether it's accepted or not. :)

indygreg accepted this revision.Nov 8 2019, 11:53 AM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Nov 8 2019, 11:53 AM

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Mhgext/zeroconf/__init__.py (6 lines)

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hgext/zeroconf/__init__.py

# zeroconf.py - zeroconf support for Mercurial # zeroconf.py - zeroconf support for Mercurial
# #
# Copyright 2005-2007 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> # Copyright 2005-2007 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# #
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version. # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
'''discover and advertise repositories on the local network '''discover and advertise repositories on the local network
Zeroconf-enabled repositories will be announced in a network without The zeroconf extension will advertise :hg:`serve` instances over
the need to configure a server or a service. They can be discovered DNS-SD so that they can be discovered using the :hg:`paths` command
without knowing their actual IP address. without knowing the server's IP address.
To allow other people to discover your repository using run To allow other people to discover your repository using run
:hg:`serve` in your repository:: :hg:`serve` in your repository::
$ cd test $ cd test
$ hg serve $ hg serve
You can discover Zeroconf-enabled repositories by running You can discover Zeroconf-enabled repositories by running