[Python-Dev] hg pull failed

[Georg Brandl]

On 06.03.2011 18:45, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> 
>     Nick> Given the recommended workflow in the devguide (i.e. when forward
>     Nick> porting bug fixes, update all public branches in a single push),
>     Nick> keeping the transitive connections between local clones is
>     Nick> probably a good idea. It also means that we can do the full
>     Nick> porting workflow even when offline.
> 
> So, when I cloned, I should have done something like this:
> 
>     hg clone http://hg.python.org/cpython
>     hg clone cpython 3.2
>     hg clone 3.2 3.1
>     hg clone cpython 2.7
>     hg clone 2.7 2.6
>     hg clone 2.6 2.5
>     hg clone 2.5 2.4
> 
> instead of cloning everything from cpython, right?

You can still change the "default" entries in .hg/hgrc to point to
your desired default location.  That's the *only* thing that changes
depending on where you clone from.

Georg