Create a repository: #if no-extraextensions $ hg config devel.all-warnings=true devel.default-date=0 0 extensions.fsmonitor= (fsmonitor !) largefiles.usercache=$TESTTMP/.cache/largefiles lfs.usercache=$TESTTMP/.cache/lfs ui.slash=True ui.interactive=False ui.merge=internal:merge ui.mergemarkers=detailed ui.promptecho=True web.address=localhost web\.ipv6=(?:True|False) (re) web.server-header=testing stub value #endif $ hg init t $ cd t Prepare a changeset: $ echo a > a $ hg add a $ hg status A a Writes to stdio succeed and fail appropriately #if devfull $ hg status 2>/dev/full A a $ hg status >/dev/full abort: No space left on device [255] #endif #if devfull $ hg status >/dev/full 2>&1 [255] $ hg status ENOENT 2>/dev/full [255] #endif $ hg commit -m test This command is ancient: $ hg history changeset: 0:acb14030fe0a tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: test Verify that updating to revision 0 via commands.update() works properly $ cat < update_to_rev0.py > from mercurial import commands, hg, ui as uimod > myui = uimod.ui.load() > repo = hg.repository(myui, path=b'.') > commands.update(myui, repo, rev=b"0") > EOF $ hg up null 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ "$PYTHON" ./update_to_rev0.py 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg identify -n 0 Poke around at hashes: $ hg manifest --debug b789fdd96dc2f3bd229c1dd8eedf0fc60e2b68e3 644 a $ hg cat a a Verify should succeed: $ hg verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files checked 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files Repository root: $ hg root $TESTTMP/t $ hg log -l1 -T '{reporoot}\n' $TESTTMP/t At the end... $ cd .. Status message redirection: $ hg init empty status messages are sent to stdout by default: $ hg outgoing -R t empty -Tjson 2>/dev/null comparing with empty searching for changes [ { "bookmarks": [], "branch": "default", "date": [0, 0], "desc": "test", "node": "acb14030fe0a21b60322c440ad2d20cf7685a376", "parents": ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"], "phase": "draft", "rev": 0, "tags": ["tip"], "user": "test" } ] which can be configured to send to stderr, so the output wouldn't be interleaved: $ cat <<'EOF' >> "$HGRCPATH" > [ui] > message-output = stderr > EOF $ hg outgoing -R t empty -Tjson 2>/dev/null [ { "bookmarks": [], "branch": "default", "date": [0, 0], "desc": "test", "node": "acb14030fe0a21b60322c440ad2d20cf7685a376", "parents": ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"], "phase": "draft", "rev": 0, "tags": ["tip"], "user": "test" } ] $ hg outgoing -R t empty -Tjson >/dev/null comparing with empty searching for changes this option should be turned off by HGPLAIN= since it may break scripting use: $ HGPLAIN= hg outgoing -R t empty -Tjson 2>/dev/null comparing with empty searching for changes [ { "bookmarks": [], "branch": "default", "date": [0, 0], "desc": "test", "node": "acb14030fe0a21b60322c440ad2d20cf7685a376", "parents": ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"], "phase": "draft", "rev": 0, "tags": ["tip"], "user": "test" } ] but still overridden by --config: $ HGPLAIN= hg outgoing -R t empty -Tjson --config ui.message-output=stderr \ > 2>/dev/null [ { "bookmarks": [], "branch": "default", "date": [0, 0], "desc": "test", "node": "acb14030fe0a21b60322c440ad2d20cf7685a376", "parents": ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"], "phase": "draft", "rev": 0, "tags": ["tip"], "user": "test" } ] Invalid ui.message-output option: $ hg log -R t --config ui.message-output=bad abort: invalid ui.message-output destination: bad [255] Underlying message streams should be updated when ui.fout/ferr are set: $ cat <<'EOF' > capui.py > from mercurial import pycompat, registrar > cmdtable = {} > command = registrar.command(cmdtable) > @command(b'capui', norepo=True) > def capui(ui): > out = ui.fout > ui.fout = pycompat.bytesio() > ui.status(b'status\n') > ui.ferr = pycompat.bytesio() > ui.warn(b'warn\n') > out.write(b'stdout: %s' % ui.fout.getvalue()) > out.write(b'stderr: %s' % ui.ferr.getvalue()) > EOF $ hg --config extensions.capui=capui.py --config ui.message-output=stdio capui stdout: status stderr: warn