Path expansion in the .hgsub file

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 15:36, Martin Geisler <mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
> - put the [sub-paths] section into the .hgsub file.
>
>  The .hgsub file is read first followed by the other hgrc files. This
>  gives us a way to provide default paths and we can update those
>  defaults by changing .hgsub as we go along. Users can still override
>  the defaults as needed.

This sounds like the sane solution.

> - store the paths using the new pushkey infrastructure in Mercurial 1.6.
>
>  Jonny asked for a .hg/etc directory where we can put config data that
>  should live outside of the normal history -- the pushkey concept gives
>  us exactly that.

Remember that pushkeys so far are just infrastructure for the wire
protocol. I'm kind of getting the vibe that pushkeys are the new
hammer to hit all nails with, but there's no generic storage mechanism
for them (nor should there necessarily be one). Let's please think in
terms of actual problems, and only then verify if pushkeys are the
right mechanism to help out the transfer part. </grumpy-old-man-rant>

Cheers,

Dirkjan