[Python-Dev] hg pull failed

[Nick Coghlan]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> If you don't change repo configuration after these commands, "hg pull" in the
> 3.2 repo will pull from the local cpython repo.  I'd advise to set the "default"
> entry in each of the clones' .hg/hgrc file to http://hg.python.org/cpython
> (as a committer you should be using ssh://hg@hg.python.org/cpython BTW).
>
> This way, "hg push" and "hg pull" communicate with the remote repo.  You can
> still exchange commits with the other local clones by using, for example,
> "hg push ../3.2".  (You can also add another entry in the .hgrc's [paths]
> section if you want to give nicknames to these path names).

Given the recommended workflow in the devguide (i.e. when forward
porting bug fixes, update all public branches in a single push),
keeping the transitive connections between local clones is probably a
good idea. It also means that we can do the full porting workflow even
when offline.

Cheers,
Nick.

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