[bug#44367] Rationale for hg-predicate

[Holger Peters]

Hi,


Thanks for making that clear. Anything preventing the patches to be
merged?  The functionality is already provided for `git' and this patch
just levels the playing field for `mercurial' repositories.


Holger

> Am 07.11.2020 um 23:16 schrieb Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>:
> 
> Rationale for this patch: It can be used to reduce the number of files
> pulled into the build when used as in the #:select? part of the source
> clause.
> 
> Example:
> 
> (define-public example
>  (package
>    (name "example")
>    ; …
>    (source (local-file %source-dir
>      #:recursive? #t
>      #:select? hg-predicate))
>    ; …
>    ))
> 
> Best wishes,
> Arne
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