Can ot get largefiles patterns to work

[Kaare Trefall]

Hello.

Using the new 'largefiles' extension I could not get largefiles->patterns to
work for 'hg add'.
Or more correctly: I could not get largefiles->patterns to work for hg 2.1
and 2.1.1.
By 'tricking it' I got it to work for hg 2.0.1 and 2.0.2, and started to use
it, thinking that future bugfixes would let me stop using my 'trick'.
But I found no way to get largefiles->patterns work in 2.1 or 2.1.1.
I got the same result on both Linux and Windows (WindowsXP x86).
Here a command sequence showing my problems, including the '2.0.1 trick':


My hg settings:
  % cat ~/.hgrc
  ....

  [extensions]
  largefiles =
  ....

  [largefiles]
  patterns = xx

1) Getting largefiles->patterns to work in hg version 2.0.1 by "tricking
it":

  % set path= ( /tools/hg_r/2.0.1/bin $path )
  % hg --version
  Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 2.0.1)

  Make a directory with two files and make it a hg repository:
    % mkdir largefiles_tst
    % cd largefiles_tst
    % date > xx
    % date > yy
    % hg init
    % ls -a
    ./  ../  .hg/  xx  yy

  Add the two files to the repository. 
  The file 'xx' specified in largefiles->patterns is NOT recognized as a
largefile!:
    % hg add yy
    % hg add xx
    % ls -a
    ./  ../  .hg/  xx  yy

  By an "accident" I discovered that by first manually adding one largefile,
  largefiles->patterns worked for further file adding:

  remove the two files:
    % hg forget yy xx

  Add the file not specified in largefiles->patterns as a largefile:
    % hg add --large yy
    % ls -a
    ./  ../  .hg/  .hglf/  xx  yy
    % ls .hglf
    yy

  Add the file specified in largefiles->patterns as a largefile:
    % hg add xx
    % ls .hglf
    xx  yy


2) Trying largefiles->patterns in hg version 2.1 and 2.1.1 (here 2.1 is used
on Linux, 2.1.1
   was tested with the same result on Windows, where I also originally
discovered the problem):

   % set path= ( /tools/hg_r/2.1/bin $path )
   % hg --version
   Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 2.1)

   Removing the repository and add it fresh:
   % rm -rf .hg .hglf
   % hg init

   Adding the two files. The file 'xx' specified in largefiles->patterns is
NOT recognized as a largefile:
   % hg add yy
   % ls -a
   ./  ../  .hg/  xx  yy
   % hg add xx
   % ls -a
   ./  ../  .hg/  xx  yy

   Trying the 'first add a largefile manually' trick which worked for hg
version 2.0.1.
   But in version 2.1 (and 2.1.1) this DOES NOT work:
   % hg forget yy xx
   % hg add --large yy
   % ls -a
   ./  ../  .hg/  .hglf/  xx  yy
   % ls .hglf
   yy
   % hg add xx
   % ls .hglf
   yy

   So I could NOT get largefiles->patterns to work at all in hg version
2.1*.
   

Hope somebody could tell me if I am doing something wrong, or if this is a
bug.
Thanks!

Kaare


--
View this message in context: http://mercurial.808500.n3.nabble.com/Can-ot-get-largefiles-patterns-to-work-tp3905067p3905067.html
Sent from the General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.