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This extension is used to convert normal repositories into parentdelta repos. It reads revision of each file and rewrites the in new repository. It can be used to observe the affect of changes made in `revision()` and `addrevision()` functions in revlog. This was written aiming to convert a repository to parent delta repo. Some optimization can be done to cost less CPU.  This extension is used to convert normal repositories into parentdelta repos. It reads revision of each file and rewrites the in new repository. It can be used to observe the affect of changes made in `revision()` and `addrevision()` functions in revlog. This was written aiming to convert a repository to parent delta repo. Some optimization can be done to cost less CPU.
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'''Make sure to remove `[format]` part from your configuration file if you don't want to use this feature in any other repositories.'''
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ConvertParentdelta

This extension is not distributed with Mercurial.

Author:Pradeepkumar Gayam

Download site:http://selenic.com/hg/file/tip/contrib/compress.py

Overview

This extension is used to convert normal repositories into parentdelta repos. It reads revision of each file and rewrites the in new repository. It can be used to observe the affect of changes made in revision() and addrevision() functions in revlog. This was written aiming to convert a repository to parent delta repo. Some optimization can be done to cost less CPU.

Configuration

Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:

[extensions]
compress = /path/to/file

[format]
parentdelta = True

Make sure to remove [format] part from your configuration file if you don't want to use this feature in any other repositories.

Usage

hg compress -R from to

Stats

inserting full revision at a distance of 2 * len(fulltext) mercurial repository compressed to: 11MB to 4.4MB

At a distance of 4 * len(fulltext) 11MB to 4.2MB

At a distance of 6 * len(fulltext): 11MB to 2.0MB

danchr in IRC quotes that 2GB repo compressed to ~380MB


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CompressExtension (last edited 2012-11-04 02:28:18 by mpm)