rust/hgcli/README.md
author Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:09:35 -0700
changeset 45620 426294d06ddc
parent 44639 bc847878f4c0
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rust: move rustfmt.toml to repo root so it can be used by `hg fix` `hg fix` runs the formatters from the repo root so it doesn't pick up the `rustfmt.toml` configs we had in each the `hg-core`, `hg-cpython`, and `rhg` packages, which resulted in warnings about `async fn` not existing in Rust 2015. This patch moves the `rustfmt.toml` file to the root so `hg fix` will use it. By putting the `rustfmt.toml` file in a higher-level directory, it also applies to the `chg` and `hgcli` packages. That makes `test-check-rust-format.t` fail, so this patch also applies the new formatting rules to those packages. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9142

# Oxidized Mercurial

This project provides a Rust implementation of the Mercurial (`hg`)
version control tool.

Under the hood, the project uses
[PyOxidizer](https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer) to embed a Python
interpreter in a binary built with Rust. At run-time, the Rust `fn main()`
is called and Rust code handles initial process startup. An in-process
Python interpreter is started (if needed) to provide additional
functionality.

# Building

This project currently requires an unreleased version of PyOxidizer
(0.7.0-pre). For best results, build the exact PyOxidizer commit
as defined in the `pyoxidizer.bzl` file:

    $ git clone https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer.git
    $ cd PyOxidizer
    $ git checkout <Git commit from pyoxidizer.bzl>
    $ cargo build --release

Then build this Rust project using the built `pyoxidizer` executable::

    $ /path/to/pyoxidizer/target/release/pyoxidizer build

If all goes according to plan, there should be an assembled application
under `build/<arch>/debug/app/` with an `hg` executable:

    $ build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug/app/hg version
    Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 5.3.1+433-f99cd77d53dc+20200331)
    (see https://mercurial-scm.org for more information)

    Copyright (C) 2005-2020 Matt Mackall and others
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

# Running Tests

To run tests with a built `hg` executable, you can use the `--with-hg`
argument to `run-tests.py`. But there's a wrinkle: many tests run custom
Python scripts that need to `import` modules provided by Mercurial. Since
these modules are embedded in the produced `hg` executable, a regular
Python interpreter can't access them! To work around this, set `PYTHONPATH`
to the Mercurial source directory. e.g.:

    $ cd /path/to/hg/src/tests
    $ PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/.. python3.7 run-tests.py \
        --with-hg `pwd`/../rust/hgcli/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug/app/hg