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

[Marc Simpson]

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.

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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