[Python-Dev] I am now lost - committed, pulled, merged, what is "collapse"?

[Ned Deily]

In article <4D86BE29.8070900 at netwok.org>,
 Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> wrote:
> Le 20/03/2011 02:59, Ned Deily a écrit :
> > On a Unix-y system, here is one way to do it (no warranty on the 
> > installation instructions!): 
> With all due respect, the instructions are overly complicated, and may
> also run afoul of the system conventions (sudo will put files in
> directories that should not be touched for example).

That depends on your configuration but ...

> Here’s my take:
> 
> Get the code
>   $ cd where/ever
>   $ hg clone http://hg.python.org/hooks
> 
> Edit your user ~/.hgrc of the cpython clones .hg/hgrc to enable the hook
>   [hooks]
>   pretxncommit.whitespace =
> python:/home/you/where/ever/hooks/checkwhitespace.py:check_whitespace_single

that's *much* better, thanks!  The hg documentation does not make it 
clear that, in the absolute path case, PYTHONPATH does not need to be 
manipulated, which is what I was trying to avoid.

Perhaps you could add those instructions to the devguide?

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org