add news item for myrepos 1.20140613

[code/myrepos.git] / mr

diff --git a/mr b/mr
index be2bac623a79e8b9e944bb0f7c516711b180a48a..a7295f0d252799156b6d43b951a42056f8a245df 100755 (executable)
--- a/mr
+++ b/mr
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ C<ssh://[user@]host:file>.
 
 You can retrieve the config file by other means and pass its B<path> as C<src>.
 
+=item standard input
+
+If source C<src> consists in a single dash C<->, config file is read from
+standard input.
+
 =back
 
 The directory will be created if it does not exist. If no directory is
@@ -1568,10 +1573,7 @@ sub dispatch {
        my $action=shift;
 
        # actions that do not operate on all repos
-       if ($action eq 'help') {
-               help(@ARGV);
-       }
-       elsif ($action eq 'config') {
+       if ($action eq 'config') {
                config(@ARGV);
        }
        elsif ($action eq 'register') {
@@ -1599,7 +1601,27 @@ sub dispatch {
 }
 
 sub help {
-       exec($config{''}{DEFAULT}{help}) || die "exec: $!";
+       my $help=q#
+               case `uname -s` in
+                       SunOS)
+                       SHOWMANFILE="man -f"
+                       ;;
+                       Darwin)
+                       SHOWMANFILE="man"
+                       ;;
+                       *)
+                       SHOWMANFILE="man"
+                       ;;
+               esac
+               if [ ! -e "$MR_PATH" ]; then
+                       error "cannot find program path"
+               fi
+               tmp=$(mktemp -t mr.XXXXXXXXXX) || error "mktemp failed"
+               trap "rm -f $tmp" exit
+               pod2man -c mr "$MR_PATH" > "$tmp" || error "pod2man failed"
+               $SHOWMANFILE "$tmp" || error "man failed"
+       #;
+       exec($help) || die "exec: $!";
 }
 
 sub config {
@@ -1715,6 +1737,10 @@ sub bootstrap {
                        if $downloader[0] eq 'curl' && $status >> 8 == 60;
                die "mr bootstrap: download of $src failed\n" if $status != 0;
        }
+       elsif ($src eq '-') {
+               # Config file is read from stdin.
+               copy(\*STDIN, $tmpconfig) || die "stdin: $!";
+       }
        else {
                # Config file is local.
                die "mr bootstrap: cannot read file '$src'"
@@ -1853,6 +1879,7 @@ sub exitstats {
 sub main {
        getopts();
        init();
+       help(@ARGV) if $ARGV[0] eq 'help';
 
        startingconfig();
        loadconfig($HOME_MR_CONFIG);
@@ -2104,30 +2131,12 @@ bzr_trusted_checkout = bzr checkout|clone|branch|get $url $repo
 hg_trusted_checkout = hg clone $url $repo
 darcs_trusted_checkout = darcs get $url $repo
 git_bare_trusted_checkout = git clone --bare $url $repo
-vcsh_trusted_checkout = vcsh run "$MR_REPO" git clone $url $repo
+vcsh_old_trusted_checkout = vcsh run "$MR_REPO" git clone $url $repo
+vcsh_trusted_checkout = vcsh clone $url $repo
 # fossil: messy to do
 veracity_trusted_checkout = vv clone $url $repo
 
 
-help =
-       case `uname -s` in
-               SunOS)
-               SHOWMANFILE="man -f"
-               ;;
-               Darwin)
-               SHOWMANFILE="man"
-               ;;
-               *)
-               SHOWMANFILE="man"
-               ;;
-       esac
-       if [ ! -e "$MR_PATH" ]; then
-               error "cannot find program path"
-       fi
-       tmp=$(mktemp -t mr.XXXXXXXXXX) || error "mktemp failed"
-       trap "rm -f $tmp" exit
-       pod2man -c mr "$MR_PATH" > "$tmp" || error "pod2man failed"
-       $SHOWMANFILE "$tmp" || error "man failed"
 list = true
 config = 
 bootstrap =