add TODO

[code/myrepos.git] / mr

diff --git a/mr b/mr
index 313169037fce7234a32f2b509b0fd8398fab0676..314de600f7708a2ec026e309c31587262260a6c1 100755 (executable)
--- a/mr
+++ b/mr
@@ -127,14 +127,16 @@ Here is an example .mrconfig file:
 The .mrconfig file uses a variant of the INI file format. Lines starting with
 "#" are comments. Lines ending with "\" are continued on to the next line.
 
-The "default" section allows setting default values for the sections that
+The "DEFAULT" section allows setting default values for the sections that
 come after it.
 
-The "alias" section allows adding aliases for actions. Each parameter
+The "ALIAS" section allows adding aliases for actions. Each parameter
 is an alias, and its value is the action to use.
 
-All other sections specify where each repository is located, relative to the
-directory that contains the .mrconfig file.
+All other sections add repositories. The section header specifies the
+directory where the repository is located. This is relative to the directory
+that contains the mrconfig file, but you can also choose to use absolute
+paths.
 
 Within a section, each parameter defines a shell command to run to handle a
 given action. mr contains default handlers for the "update", "status", and
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ if (! exists $knownactions{$action}) {
 }
 
 if ($action eq 'help') {
-       exec($config{''}{default}{help});
+       exec($config{''}{DEFAULT}{help});
 }
 
 # work out what repos to act on
@@ -246,9 +248,12 @@ my @repos;
 my $nochdir=0;
 foreach my $topdir (sort keys %config) {
        foreach my $subdir (sort keys %{$config{$topdir}}) {
-               next if $subdir eq 'default';
-               my $dir=$topdir.$subdir;
-               next if $dir ne $directory && $dir !~ /^\Q$directory\E\//;
+               next if $subdir eq 'DEFAULT';
+               my $dir=($subdir =~/^\//) ? $subdir : $topdir.$subdir;
+               my $d=$directory;
+               $dir.="/" unless $dir=~/\/$/;
+               $d.="/" unless $d=~/\/$/;
+               next if $dir ne $directory && $dir !~ /^\Q$directory\E/;
                push @repos, [$dir, $topdir, $subdir];
        }
 }
@@ -256,8 +261,8 @@ if (! @repos) {
        # fallback to find a leaf repo
        LEAF: foreach my $topdir (reverse sort keys %config) {
                foreach my $subdir (reverse sort keys %{$config{$topdir}}) {
-                       next if $subdir eq 'default';
-                       my $dir=$topdir.$subdir;
+                       next if $subdir eq 'DEFAULT';
+                       my $dir=($subdir =~/^\//) ? $subdir : $topdir.$subdir;
                        my $d=$directory;
                        $dir.="/" unless $dir=~/\/$/;
                        $d.="/" unless $d=~/\/$/;
@@ -318,10 +323,10 @@ sub action {
        }
        else {
                if (! $nochdir) {
-                       print "mr $action: $dir\n";
+                       print "mr $action: $topdir$subdir\n";
                }
                else {
-                       print "mr $action: $dir (in subdir $directory)\n";
+                       print "mr $action: $topdir$subdir (in subdir $directory)\n";
                }
                my $command="set -e; ".$lib.
                        "my_action(){ $config{$topdir}{$subdir}{$action} ; }; my_action ".
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ sub action {
                my $ret=system($command);
                if ($ret != 0) {
                        print STDERR "mr $action: failed ($ret)\n" if $verbose;
-                       push @failed, $topdir.$subdir;
+                       push @failed, $dir;
                        if ($ret >> 8 != 0) {
                                print STDERR "mr $action: command failed\n";
                        }
@@ -403,8 +408,8 @@ sub loadconfig {
                my $parent=$dir;
                while ($parent=~s/^(.*)\/[^\/]+\/?$/$1/) {
                        if (exists $config{$parent} &&
-                           exists $config{$parent}{default}) {
-                               $config{$dir}{default}={ %{$config{$parent}{default}} };
+                           exists $config{$parent}{DEFAULT}) {
+                               $config{$dir}{DEFAULT}={ %{$config{$parent}{DEFAULT}} };
                                last;
                        }
                }
@@ -430,13 +435,13 @@ sub loadconfig {
                        if (! defined $section) {
                                die "$f line $.: parameter ($parameter) not in section\n";
                        }
-                       if ($section ne 'alias' &&
+                       if ($section ne 'ALIAS' &&
                            ! exists $config{$dir}{$section} &&
-                           exists $config{$dir}{default}) {
+                           exists $config{$dir}{DEFAULT}) {
                                # copy in defaults
-                               $config{$dir}{$section}={ %{$config{$dir}{default}} };
+                               $config{$dir}{$section}={ %{$config{$dir}{DEFAULT}} };
                        }
-                       if ($section eq 'alias') {
+                       if ($section eq 'ALIAS') {
                                $alias{$parameter}=$value;
                        }
                        elsif ($parameter eq 'lib') {
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ sub loadconfig {
                                $config{$dir}{$section}{$parameter}=$value;
                                $knownactions{$parameter}=1;
                                if ($parameter eq 'chain' &&
-                                   length $dir && $section ne "default" &&
+                                   length $dir && $section ne "DEFAULT" &&
                                    -e $dir.$section."/.mrconfig" &&
                                    system($value) >> 8 == 0) {
                                        push @toload, $dir.$section."/.mrconfig";
@@ -467,12 +472,12 @@ sub loadconfig {
 # Finally, some useful actions that mr knows about by default.
 # These can be overridden in ~/.mrconfig.
 __DATA__
-[alias]
+[ALIAS]
        co = checkout
        ci = commit
        ls = list
 
-[default]
+[DEFAULT]
 lib = \
        error() { \
                echo "mr: $@" >&2; \