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help: minor copy editing to the `config.format` sectionClosedPublic
help: minor copy editing to the `config.format` section
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Authored by mharbison72 on Jan 17 2020, 9:28 PM.
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| M | mercurial/helptext/config.txt (26 lines) |
| Commit | Parents | Author | Summary | Date |
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| 6ae32c12b578 | 98349eddceef | Matt Harbison | Jan 17 2020, 9:27 PM |
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mercurial/helptext/config.txt
| # (this extension will get loaded from the file specified) | # (this extension will get loaded from the file specified) | ||||
| myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py | myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py | ||||
| ``format`` | ``format`` | ||||
| ---------- | ---------- | ||||
| Configuration that controls the repository format. Newer format options are more | Configuration that controls the repository format. Newer format options are more | ||||
| powerful but incompatible with some older versions of Mercurial. Format options | powerful, but incompatible with some older versions of Mercurial. Format options | ||||
| are considered at repository initialization only. You need to make a new clone | are considered at repository initialization only. You need to make a new clone | ||||
| for config change to be taken into account. | for config changes to be taken into account. | ||||
| For more details about repository format and version compatibility, see | For more details about repository format and version compatibility, see | ||||
| https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement | https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement | ||||
| ``usegeneraldelta`` | ``usegeneraldelta`` | ||||
| Enable or disable the "generaldelta" repository format which improves | Enable or disable the "generaldelta" repository format which improves | ||||
| repository compression by allowing "revlog" to store delta against arbitrary | repository compression by allowing "revlog" to store deltas against | ||||
| revision instead of the previous stored one. This provides significant | arbitrary revisions instead of the previously stored one. This provides | ||||
| improvement for repositories with branches. | significant improvement for repositories with branches. | ||||
| Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.9. | Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.9. | ||||
| Enabled by default. | Enabled by default. | ||||
| ``dotencode`` | ``dotencode`` | ||||
| Enable or disable the "dotencode" repository format which enhances | Enable or disable the "dotencode" repository format which enhances | ||||
| the "fncache" repository format (which has to be enabled to use | the "fncache" repository format (which has to be enabled to use | ||||
| dotencode) to avoid issues with filenames starting with ._ on | dotencode) to avoid issues with filenames starting with "._" on | ||||
| Mac OS X and spaces on Windows. | Mac OS X and spaces on Windows. | ||||
| Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.7. | Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.7. | ||||
| Enabled by default. | Enabled by default. | ||||
| ``usefncache`` | ``usefncache`` | ||||
| Enable or disable the "fncache" repository format which enhances | Enable or disable the "fncache" repository format which enhances | ||||
| smaller store. For repositories with many revisions, it also helps | smaller store. For repositories with many revisions, it also helps | ||||
| performance (by using shortened delta chains.) | performance (by using shortened delta chains.) | ||||
| Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 4.7 | Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 4.7 | ||||
| Enabled by default. | Enabled by default. | ||||
| ``revlog-compression`` | ``revlog-compression`` | ||||
| Compression algorithm used by revlog. Supported value are `zlib` and `zstd`. | Compression algorithm used by revlog. Supported values are `zlib` and | ||||
| The `zlib` engine is the historical default of Mercurial. `zstd` is a newer | `zstd`. The `zlib` engine is the historical default of Mercurial. `zstd` is | ||||
| format that is usually a net win over `zlib` operating faster at better | a newer format that is usually a net win over `zlib`, operating faster at | ||||
| compression rate. Use `zstd` to reduce CPU usage. | better compression rates. Use `zstd` to reduce CPU usage. | ||||
| On some system, Mercurial installation may lack `zstd` supports. Default is `zlib`. | On some systems, the Mercurial installation may lack `zstd` support. | ||||
| Default is `zlib`. | |||||
| ``bookmarks-in-store`` | ``bookmarks-in-store`` | ||||
| Store bookmarks in .hg/store/. This means that bookmarks are shared when | Store bookmarks in .hg/store/. This means that bookmarks are shared when | ||||
| using `hg share` regardless of the `-B` option. | using `hg share` regardless of the `-B` option. | ||||
| Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 5.1. | Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 5.1. | ||||
| Disabled by default. | Disabled by default. | ||||