[ANN] Persona: an extension for managing repository-local identities

[Kevin Bullock]

On Aug 23, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Marc Simpson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm writing to announce the `persona` extension, available at:
> 
>     http://hg.0branch.com/hg-persona
> 
> It's an attempt to provide an easy way to set `ui.username` on a
> repository by repository basis. 

...but note that you don't _need_ an extension to set ui.username on a per-repository basis. Just put

[ui]
username = My Name <some at email.com>

in your repository's .hg/hgrc.

Looks like this extension just writes into the repo's .hg/hgrc for you (blarg), and provides a way to propagate the ui.username value when cloning (interesting) as well as aliases for usernames.

pacem in terris / mir / shanti / salaam / heiwa
Kevin R. Bullock

> Usernames can be provided verbatim:
> 
>     $ hg persona -n "Firstname Lastname <firstname at domain.com>"
> 
> or aliased in `~/.hgrc` under the `persona` section:
> 
>     [persona]
>     home        = Firstname Lastname <firstname at home.domain>
>     work        = Firstname Lastname <firstname.lastname at work.domain>
> 
>     $ hg persona -n personal
>     $ hg persona -n work
> 
> To list all known personas simply run
> 
>     $ hg persona
> 
> The extension also adds a `--persona` option to clone:
> 
>     $ hg clone --persona work src dest
> 
> (Note that the above will only work if `dest` is a local repository.)
> 
> If anyone gets a chance to try this out, I'd love to hear feedback.
> Also, suggestions for improvements / bug reports would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> Marc
> 
> PS -- Word of warning: comments in your repository's hgrc will be
> lost after setting a `persona` though the extension will try to
> create an .hg/hgrc_bak file before overwriting it.
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