Proposal for new tool: defpath

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Erik,

This sounds like a good idea.   If there is no contrary feedback in the
next few days, we should move ahead with this.

-- Jon

On 04/26/2016 03:12 AM, Erik Helin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to propose a new tool: defpath. defpath is an hg [0]
> extension that makes it easy to update the push-path for a Mercurial
> repository. A user can type the command:
>
>    $ hg defpath -d -u <USERNAME>
>
> and the correct (for OpenJDK projects) push-path will be added to .hg/hgrc,
> based on the default path (and the -u argument). Below is an
> example of how the tool can be used:
>
>    $ hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs
>    $ cd hs
>    $ hg defpath -d -u ehelin
>    $ cat .hg/hgrc
>    [paths]
>    default = http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs
>    default-push = ssh://ehelin@hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs
>
> The defpath extension also works in combination with the
> trees Mercurial extension. Working with a forest, a user can run:
>
>    $ hg tclone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs
>    $ cd hs
>    $ hg tdefpath -d -u <USERNAME>
>
> and the push-path will be set for every repository in the forest.
>
> The tool has been written by John Coomes and Mark Reinhold and can
> be found at: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ehelin/defpath.py
>
> I propose that the tool will use the same email list as the other
> Mercurial tools on code-tools, hg-tools-dev at openjdk.java.net.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
> [0]: http://mercurial-scm.org/