Setup your own hg local repo with pushlog

I am working on generating repackages on change and the HgLocalePoller looks for the pushlog of a locale's repository. For instance: http://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/de/pushlog

Since my development and testing is dependent on commit changes to the l10n repositories, I need to have commit access to generate more changes and since I am not a localizer I do not have access to the l10n repositories.

Therefore there were three options for me:

1. Gain commit access to the x-testing repository on the l10n repositories and do commits in there. Inconvenience: It is a long process to gain access.
2. Create my own user repo in hg.mozilla.org. The same inconvenience as the previous one
3. Setup my own local repo with pushlog

I was lucky enough that ted was around and he proposed me and guided me to do this last option.

Steps to create your own hg repo locally with pushlog:

1. cd /repos
   
2. hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bsmedberg_mozilla.com/hghooks/
3. hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bsmedberg_mozilla.com/hgpoller/
4. hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bsmedberg_mozilla.com/hg_templates/
   
5. mkdir test-repo
6. cd test-repo
7. hg init
8. cp ../hghooks/examples-hgrc .hg/hgrc // which basically contains the following:
   

   # the a_ and z_ prefixes are for ordering:
   # any hooks which can veto an action (require-singlehead) should be run before
   # hooks which make permanent logs (record-changeset-info)
   
   [hooks]
   pretxnchangegroup.a_singlehead = python:mozhghooks.single_head_per_branch.hook
   pretxnchangegroup.z_linearhistory = python:mozhghooks.pushlog.log
   

   
   
9. export PYTHONPATH=/repos/hghooks/ // /repos is my path, use your own
   
10. vi .hg/hgrc // Add the following with your own paths:
    

    [web]
    templates = /repos/hg_templates
    style = gitweb_mozilla
    [extensions]
    pushlog-feed = /repos/hgpoller/pushlog-feed.py
    buglink = /repos/hgpoller/buglink.py
    hgwebjson = /repos/hgpoller/hgwebjson.py

11. sudo apt-get install python-simplejson //hgwebjson needs this module
12. hg serve //To start your hg server

You can now check your own hg server with pushlog:
http://localhost:8000
and your pushlog at:
http://localhost:8000/pushlog

Remember that it is a server and you have to clone first!

1. export PYTHONPATH=/repos/hghooks/
   
2. hg clone test-repo test-repo-2
3. cd test-repo-2; echo "test data" > testfile;
   
4. hg add testfile;
   
5. hg ci -m "adding a test file";
   
6. hg push ../test-repo