Before this patch, "%unset" can't unset values defined in the other
files read in previously, even though online help document says that
it can. It can unset only values defined in the same configuration
file.
For example, the value defined in "~/.hgrc" can't be unset by "%unset"
in ".hg/hgrc" of the repository.
This patch records "%unset"-ed values in "config.parse()", and
discards corresponding values in "config.update()".
The config.sortdict class is a simple "sorted dictionary" container
class, based on python's regular dict container. The main difference
compared to regular dicts is that sortdicts remember the order in
which items have been added to it.
Without this patch the items() method returns the sortdict elements in
the right order. However, getting the list of keys by using the keys()
or iterkeys() methods, and consequencly, looping through the container
elements in a for loop does not respect that order. This patch fixes
this problem.
This is introduce to allow temporary overwriting of a config value while being
able to reinstall the old value once done. The main advantage over using
``config`` and ``setconfig`` is that backup and restore will properly restore
the lack of any config. Restoring the fact that there was no value is important
to allow config user to keep using meaniful default value.
A more naive approach will result in the following scenario::
Before:
config(section, item, my_default) --> my_default
temporal overwrite
old = config(section, item)
…
setconfig(section, item, old)
After
config(section, item, my_default) --> None
The first user of this feature should be mq to overwriting minimal phase of
future commit.
Previously, as soon as a continuation would be met, "cont" would stay
forever set to True, but "item" was set back to "None".
This caused the continuation code bits to run every time, until the next
"self.get(section, item) + '\n'" which would crash.