Create repo with old manifest $ hg init existing $ cd existing $ echo footext > foo $ hg add foo $ hg commit -m initial We're using v1, so no manifestv2 entry is in requires yet. $ grep manifestv2 .hg/requires [1] Let's clone this with manifestv2 enabled to switch to the new format for future commits. $ cd .. $ hg clone --pull existing new --config experimental.manifestv2=1 requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd new Check that entry was added to .hg/requires. $ grep manifestv2 .hg/requires manifestv2 Make a new commit. $ echo newfootext > foo $ hg commit -m new Check that the manifest actually switched to v2. $ hg debugdata -m 0 foo\x0021e958b1dca695a60ee2e9cf151753204ee0f9e9 (esc) $ hg debugdata -m 1 \x00 (esc) \x00foo\x00 (esc) I\xab\x7f\xb8(\x83\xcas\x15\x9d\xc2\xd3\xd3:5\x08\xbad5_ (esc) Check that manifestv2 is used if the requirement is present, even if it's disabled in the config. $ echo newerfootext > foo $ hg --config experimental.manifestv2=False commit -m newer $ hg debugdata -m 2 \x00 (esc) \x00foo\x00 (esc) \xa6\xb1\xfb\xef]\x91\xa1\x19`\xf3.#\x90S\xf8\x06 \xe2\x19\x00 (esc) Check that we can still read v1 manifests. $ hg files -r 0 foo $ cd .. Check that entry is added to .hg/requires on repo creation $ hg --config experimental.manifestv2=True init repo $ cd repo $ grep manifestv2 .hg/requires manifestv2 Set up simple repo $ echo a > file1 $ echo b > file2 $ echo c > file3 $ hg ci -Aqm 'initial' $ echo d > file2 $ hg ci -m 'modify file2' Check that 'hg verify', which uses manifest.readdelta(), works $ hg verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files 3 files, 2 changesets, 4 total revisions Check that manifest revlog is smaller than for v1 $ hg debugindex -m rev offset length base linkrev nodeid p1 p2 0 0 81 0 0 57361477c778 000000000000 000000000000 1 81 33 0 1 aeaab5a2ef74 57361477c778 000000000000