[SCM-799] Implement export command

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: maven-scm-provider-mercurial (hg)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: phansson
• Created: 19/Jun/15 15:43
• Updated: 23/Jun/15 11:47
• Resolved: 23/Jun/15 11:47

Description

Currently the hg provider does not implement the export command.

Recap: The export command terminology originates from the SVN world. It means to get the sources without the SCM stuff, just sources, nothing else.

The equivalent in Mercurial world is hg archive. It was first implemented in 2006 (in version 0.9).

I don't see a reason why the hg provider would not support the export command. Sometimes the source is really all you want. Doing an actual checkout (aka hg clone) can take a lot more time than export (aka hg archive).