Proposal for new tool: defpath

[Jonathan Gibbons]

There has been no negative feedback;   I think we should proceed with this.

-- Jon

On 04/26/2016 08:24 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> 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/
>