Mercurial 5.2 release
This is an overview of the 5.2 release.
1. New Features
The amend extension supports the --currentuser argument.
The amend extension supports the --close-branch argument.
The amend extension supports the --secret argument.
The uncommit extension supports the rewrite.update-timestamp config option.
2. New Experimental Features
3. Bug Fixes
4. Backwards Compatibility Changes
A shell that supports $(command)` syntax for command substitution is now
- required for running the test suite. The test runner normally uses
sh, so if that is a shell that doesn't support $(command) syntax, you can override it by setting $HGTEST_SHELL or by passing it to run-tests.py --shell <shell>.
- required for running the test suite. The test runner normally uses
- The (experimental) narrow extension's wire protocol changed. If
- you're using it, you'll need to make sure to upgrade server and client at the same time.