Re: show merge info for git vc-log

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

  > Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:
  > 
  > > Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
  > >
  > >   > Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:
  > >   > 
  > >   > > Dmitry Dzhus <dima@sphinx.net.ru> writes:
  > >   > >
  > >   > >   > Mercurial can do the same with graphlog extension enabled (it's included
  > >   > >   > in Mercurial distribution now) if we add `-G` flag in
  > >   > >   > `vc-hg-log-switches`.
  > >   > >
  > >   > > Is there a way to force that flag to work? 
  > >   > >
  > >   > > $ hg log -G
  > >   > > hg log: option -G not recognized
  > >   > > hg log [OPTION]... [FILE]
  > >   > 
  > >   > Add this to your .hgrc
  > >
  > > That's not good.  To enable this by default, we need to be able to force
  > > this flag to work from the command line.
  > >
  > That will work on the command line only if you activate the extension in
  > your .hgrc.
  > What is the problem? you try to enable a log with the graph, if it not
  > available, you fallback to a normal log. Or with a variable, something
  > like `vc-hg-use-graphlog'.

See what I wrote above your answer.

Yes, it can be solved, but I won't add extra complexity and inconsistent
behavior that depends of the contents of users .hgrc.

Consistent behavior cannot be obtained as long as the graphlog is
something that requires the user to edit her .hgrc.