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changing-files: rework the way we store changed files in side-data...
changing-files: rework the way we store changed files in side-data We need to store new data so this is a good opportunity to rework this fully. 1) We directly store the list of affected file in the side data: * This avoid having to fetch and parse the `files` list in the revision in addition to the sidedata. Making the data more self sufficient. * This work around situation where that `files` field contains wrong information, and open the way to other bug fixing (eg: issue6219) * The format (fixed initial index, sorted files) allow for fast lookup of filename within the structure. * This unify the storage of affected files and copies sources and destination, limiting the number filename stored redundantly. * This prepare for the fact we should drop the `files` as soon as we do any change affecting the revision schema. * This rely on compression to avoid a significant increase of the changelog.d. More testing on this will be done before we freeze the final format. 2) We can store additional data: * The new "merged" field, * A future "salvaged" set recording files that might have been deleted but have were still present in the final result. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9090

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Mercurial's default format for showing changes between two versions of
a file is compatible with the unified format of GNU diff, which can be
used by GNU patch and many other standard tools.
While this standard format is often enough, it does not encode the
following information:
- executable status and other permission bits
- copy or rename information
- changes in binary files
- creation or deletion of empty files
Mercurial also supports the extended diff format from the git VCS
which addresses these limitations. The git diff format is not produced
by default because a few widespread tools still do not understand this
format.
This means that when generating diffs from a Mercurial repository
(e.g. with :hg:`export`), you should be careful about things like file
copies and renames or other things mentioned above, because when
applying a standard diff to a different repository, this extra
information is lost. Mercurial's internal operations (like push and
pull) are not affected by this, because they use an internal binary
format for communicating changes.
To make Mercurial produce the git extended diff format, use the --git
option available for many commands, or set 'git = True' in the [diff]
section of your configuration file. You do not need to set this option
when importing diffs in this format or using them in the mq extension.