salt.modules.hg

Support for the Mercurial SCM

salt.modules.hg.archive(cwd, output, rev='tip', fmt=None, prefix=None, user=None)

Export a tarball from the repository

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
output
The path to the archive tarball
rev: tip
The revision to create an archive from
fmt: None
Format of the resulting archive. Mercurial supports: tar, tbz2, tgz, zip, uzip, and files formats.
prefix : None
Prepend <prefix>/ to every filename in the archive
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as

If prefix is not specified it defaults to the basename of the repo directory.

CLI Example:

salt '*' hg.archive /path/to/repo output=/tmp/archive.tgz fmt=tgz
salt.modules.hg.clone(cwd, repository, opts=None, user=None, identity=None)

Clone a new repository

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
repository
The hg URI of the repository
opts : None
Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None

Private SSH key on the minion server for authentication (ssh://)

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' hg.clone /path/to/repo https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx
salt.modules.hg.describe(cwd, rev='tip', user=None)

Mimic git describe and return an identifier for the given revision

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
rev: tip
The path to the archive tarball
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' hg.describe /path/to/repo
salt.modules.hg.pull(cwd, opts=None, user=None, identity=None, repository=None)

Perform a pull on the given repository

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
repository : None
Perform pull from the repository different from .hg/hgrc:[paths]:default
opts : None
Any additional options to add to the command line
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as
identity : None

Private SSH key on the minion server for authentication (ssh://)

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' hg.pull /path/to/repo opts=-u
salt.modules.hg.revision(cwd, rev='tip', short=False, user=None)

Returns the long hash of a given identifier (hash, branch, tag, HEAD, etc)

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
rev: tip
The revision
short: False
Return an abbreviated commit hash
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt '*' hg.revision /path/to/repo mybranch
salt.modules.hg.update(cwd, rev, force=False, user=None)

Update to a given revision

cwd
The path to the Mercurial repository
rev
The revision to update to
force : False
Force an update
user : None
Run hg as a user other than what the minion runs as

CLI Example:

salt devserver1 hg.update /path/to/repo somebranch