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10 10 #
11 11 """allow to use MBCS path with problematic encoding.
12 12
13 Some MBCS encodings are not good for some path operations
14 (i.e. splitting path, case conversion, etc.) with its encoded bytes.
15 We call such a encoding (i.e. shift_jis and big5) as "problematic
16 encoding". This extension can be used to fix the issue with those
17 encodings by wrapping some functions to convert to unicode string
18 before path operation.
13 Some MBCS encodings are not good for some path operations (i.e.
14 splitting path, case conversion, etc.) with its encoded bytes. We call
15 such a encoding (i.e. shift_jis and big5) as "problematic encoding".
16 This extension can be used to fix the issue with those encodings by
17 wrapping some functions to convert to unicode string before path
18 operation.
19 19
20 20 This extension is usefull for:
21 21 * Japanese Windows users using shift_jis encoding.
22 22 * Chinese Windows users using big5 encoding.
23 * All users who use a repository with one of problematic encodings
24 on case-insensitive file system.
23 * All users who use a repository with one of problematic encodings on
24 case-insensitive file system.
25 25
26 26 This extension is not needed for:
27 27 * Any user who use only ascii chars in path.
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29 29
30 30 Note that there are some limitations on using this extension:
31 31 * You should use single encoding in one repository.
32 * You should set same encoding for the repository by locale or HGENCODING.
32 * You should set same encoding for the repository by locale or
33 HGENCODING.
33 34
34 35 To use this extension, enable the extension in .hg/hgrc or ~/.hgrc:
35 36
36 37 [extensions]
37 38 hgext.win32mbcs =
38 39
39 Path encoding conversion are done between unicode and encoding.encoding
40 which is decided by mercurial from current locale setting or HGENCODING.
40 Path encoding conversion are done between unicode and
41 encoding.encoding which is decided by mercurial from current locale
42 setting or HGENCODING.
41 43
42 44 """
43 45
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