Make Mercurial command configurable by an environment variable

changelog.d/20250612_144312_me_hg_command.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+### Added
+
+- make Mercurial command configurable by environment variable `SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND`
+

docs/config.md

@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ Callables or other Python objects have to be passed in `setup.py` (via the `use_
 :   a ``os.pathsep`` separated list
     of directory names to ignore for root finding
 
+`SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND`
+:   command used for running Mercurial (defaults to ``hg``)
+
+    for example, set this to ``chg`` to reduce start-up overhead of Mercurial
+
 
 
 

src/setuptools_scm/_file_finders/hg.py

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+HG_COMMAND = os.environ.get("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", "hg")
+
 
 def _hg_toplevel(path: str) -> str | None:
     try:
         return _run(
-            ["hg", "root"],
+            [HG_COMMAND, "root"],
             cwd=(path or "."),
             check=True,
         ).parse_success(norm_real)
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ def _hg_toplevel(path: str) -> str | None:
 def _hg_ls_files_and_dirs(toplevel: str) -> tuple[set[str], set[str]]:
     hg_files: set[str] = set()
     hg_dirs = {toplevel}
-    res = _run(["hg", "files"], cwd=toplevel)
+    res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "files"], cwd=toplevel)
     if res.returncode:
         return set(), set()
     for name in res.stdout.splitlines():

src/setuptools_scm/hg.py

@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+HG_COMMAND = os.environ.get("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", "hg")
+
 
 class HgWorkdir(Workdir):
     @classmethod
     def from_potential_worktree(cls, wd: _t.PathT) -> HgWorkdir | None:
-        res = _run(["hg", "root"], wd)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "root"], wd)
         if res.returncode:
             return None
         return cls(Path(res.stdout))
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ def get_meta(self, config: Configuration) -> ScmVersion | None:
         # the dedicated class GitWorkdirHgClient)
 
         branch, dirty_str, dirty_date = _run(
-            ["hg", "id", "-T", "{branch}\n{if(dirty, 1, 0)}\n{date|shortdate}"],
+            [HG_COMMAND, "id", "-T", "{branch}\n{if(dirty, 1, 0)}\n{date|shortdate}"],
             cwd=self.path,
             check=True,
         ).stdout.split("\n")
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ def get_meta(self, config: Configuration) -> ScmVersion | None:
         return None
 
     def hg_log(self, revset: str, template: str) -> str:
-        cmd = ["hg", "log", "-r", revset, "-T", template]
+        cmd = [HG_COMMAND, "log", "-r", revset, "-T", template]
 
         return _run(cmd, cwd=self.path, check=True).stdout
 
@@ -144,9 +146,9 @@ def check_changes_since_tag(self, tag: str | None) -> bool:
 
 
 def parse(root: _t.PathT, config: Configuration) -> ScmVersion | None:
-    _require_command("hg")
+    _require_command(HG_COMMAND)
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(root, ".hg/git")):
-        res = _run(["hg", "path"], root)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "path"], root)
         if not res.returncode:
             for line in res.stdout.split("\n"):
                 if line.startswith("default ="):

src/setuptools_scm/hg_git.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from ._run_cmd import CompletedProcess as _CompletedProcess
 from ._run_cmd import run as _run
 from .git import GitWorkdir
+from .hg import HG_COMMAND
 from .hg import HgWorkdir
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -25,26 +26,26 @@
 class GitWorkdirHgClient(GitWorkdir, HgWorkdir):
     @classmethod
     def from_potential_worktree(cls, wd: _t.PathT) -> GitWorkdirHgClient | None:
-        res = _run(["hg", "root"], cwd=wd).parse_success(parse=Path)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "root"], cwd=wd).parse_success(parse=Path)
         if res is None:
             return None
         return cls(res)
 
     def is_dirty(self) -> bool:
-        res = _run(["hg", "id", "-T", "{dirty}"], cwd=self.path, check=True)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "id", "-T", "{dirty}"], cwd=self.path, check=True)
         return bool(res.stdout)
 
     def get_branch(self) -> str | None:
-        res = _run(["hg", "id", "-T", "{bookmarks}"], cwd=self.path)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "id", "-T", "{bookmarks}"], cwd=self.path)
         if res.returncode:
             log.info("branch err %s", res)
             return None
         return res.stdout
 
     def get_head_date(self) -> date | None:
-        return _run('hg log -r . -T "{shortdate(date)}"', cwd=self.path).parse_success(
-            parse=date.fromisoformat, error_msg="head date err"
-        )
+        return _run(
+            [HG_COMMAND, "log", "-r", ".", "-T", "{shortdate(date)}"], cwd=self.path
+        ).parse_success(parse=date.fromisoformat, error_msg="head date err")
 
     def is_shallow(self) -> bool:
         return False
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def fetch_shallow(self) -> None:
         pass
 
     def get_hg_node(self) -> str | None:
-        res = _run('hg log -r . -T "{node}"', cwd=self.path)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "log", "-r", ".", "-T", "{node}"], cwd=self.path)
         if res.returncode:
             return None
         else:
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ def node(self) -> str | None:
 
         if git_node is None:
             # trying again after hg -> git
-            _run(["hg", "gexport"], cwd=self.path)
+            _run([HG_COMMAND, "gexport"], cwd=self.path)
             git_node = self._hg2git(hg_node)
 
             if git_node is None:
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ def node(self) -> str | None:
         return git_node[:7]
 
     def count_all_nodes(self) -> int:
-        res = _run(["hg", "log", "-r", "ancestors(.)", "-T", "."], cwd=self.path)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "log", "-r", "ancestors(.)", "-T", "."], cwd=self.path)
         return len(res.stdout)
 
     def default_describe(self) -> _CompletedProcess:
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ def default_describe(self) -> _CompletedProcess:
         """
         res = _run(
             [
-                "hg",
+                HG_COMMAND,
                 "log",
                 "-r",
                 "(reverse(ancestors(.)) and tag(r're:v?[0-9].*'))",
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ def default_describe(self) -> _CompletedProcess:
             logging.warning("tag not found hg=%s git=%s", hg_tags, git_tags)
             return _FAKE_GIT_DESCRIBE_ERROR
 
-        res = _run(["hg", "log", "-r", f"'{tag}'::.", "-T", "."], cwd=self.path)
+        res = _run([HG_COMMAND, "log", "-r", f"'{tag}'::.", "-T", "."], cwd=self.path)
         if res.returncode:
             return _FAKE_GIT_DESCRIBE_ERROR
         distance = len(res.stdout) - 1

testing/conftest.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -86,6 +87,14 @@ def wd(tmp_path: Path) -> WorkDir:
     return WorkDir(target_wd)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def hg_exe() -> str:
+    hg = shutil.which("hg")
+    if hg is None:
+        pytest.skip("hg executable not found")
+    return hg
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def repositories_hg_git(tmp_path: Path) -> tuple[WorkDir, WorkDir]:
     tmp_path = tmp_path.resolve()

testing/test_file_finder.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from setuptools_scm._file_finders import find_files
+from setuptools_scm._file_finders import hg
 
 from .wd_wrapper import WorkDir
 
@@ -245,3 +247,34 @@ def test_archive(
         os.link("data/datafile", datalink)
 
     assert set(find_files()) == _sep({archive_file, "data/datafile", "data/datalink"})
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def hg_wd(wd: WorkDir, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> WorkDir:
+    try:
+        wd("hg init")
+    except OSError:
+        pytest.skip("hg executable not found")
+    (wd.cwd / "file").touch()
+    wd("hg add file")
+    monkeypatch.chdir(wd.cwd)
+    return wd
+
+
+def test_hg_gone(hg_wd: WorkDir, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", str(hg_wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+    assert set(find_files()) == set()
+
+
+def test_hg_command_from_env(
+    hg_wd: WorkDir,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+    hg_exe: str,
+) -> None:
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        m.setenv("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", hg_exe)
+        m.setenv("PATH", str(hg_wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+        request.addfinalizer(lambda: importlib.reload(hg))
+        importlib.reload(hg)
+        assert set(find_files()) == {"file"}

testing/test_hg_git.py

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib
+
 import pytest
 
+from setuptools_scm import Configuration
+from setuptools_scm import hg
+from setuptools_scm import hg_git
+from setuptools_scm._run_cmd import CommandNotFoundError
 from setuptools_scm._run_cmd import has_command
 from setuptools_scm._run_cmd import run
+from setuptools_scm.hg import parse
 from testing.wd_wrapper import WorkDir
 
 
@@ -81,3 +88,34 @@ def test_base(repositories_hg_git: tuple[WorkDir, WorkDir]) -> None:
     wd("hg pull -u")
     assert wd_git.get_version() == "17.33.0rc0"
     assert wd.get_version() == "17.33.0rc0"
+
+
+def test_hg_gone(
+    repositories_hg_git: tuple[WorkDir, WorkDir], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    wd = repositories_hg_git[0]
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", str(wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+    config = Configuration()
+    wd.write("pyproject.toml", "[tool.setuptools_scm]")
+    with pytest.raises(CommandNotFoundError, match=r"hg"):
+        parse(wd.cwd, config=config)
+
+    assert wd.get_version(fallback_version="1.0") == "1.0"
+
+
+def test_hg_command_from_env(
+    repositories_hg_git: tuple[WorkDir, WorkDir],
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+    hg_exe: str,
+) -> None:
+    wd = repositories_hg_git[0]
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        m.setenv("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", hg_exe)
+        m.setenv("PATH", str(wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+        request.addfinalizer(lambda: importlib.reload(hg))
+        request.addfinalizer(lambda: importlib.reload(hg_git))
+        importlib.reload(hg)
+        importlib.reload(hg_git)
+        wd.write("pyproject.toml", "[tool.setuptools_scm]")
+        assert wd.get_version().startswith("0.1.dev0+")

testing/test_mercurial.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib
 import os
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 import setuptools_scm._file_finders
 
 from setuptools_scm import Configuration
+from setuptools_scm import hg
 from setuptools_scm._run_cmd import CommandNotFoundError
 from setuptools_scm._run_cmd import has_command
 from setuptools_scm.hg import archival_to_version
@@ -67,6 +69,36 @@ def test_hg_gone(wd: WorkDir, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     assert wd.get_version(fallback_version="1.0") == "1.0"
 
 
+def test_hg_command_from_env(
+    wd: WorkDir,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+    hg_exe: str,
+) -> None:
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        m.setenv("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", hg_exe)
+        m.setenv("PATH", str(wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+        request.addfinalizer(lambda: importlib.reload(hg))
+        importlib.reload(hg)
+        wd.write("pyproject.toml", "[tool.setuptools_scm]")
+        assert wd.get_version() == "0.0"
+
+
+def test_hg_command_from_env_is_invalid(
+    wd: WorkDir, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, request: pytest.FixtureRequest
+) -> None:
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+        m.setenv("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_HG_COMMAND", str(wd.cwd / "not-existing"))
+        request.addfinalizer(lambda: importlib.reload(hg))
+        importlib.reload(hg)
+        config = Configuration()
+        wd.write("pyproject.toml", "[tool.setuptools_scm]")
+        with pytest.raises(CommandNotFoundError, match=r"hg"):
+            parse(wd.cwd, config=config)
+
+        assert wd.get_version(fallback_version="1.0") == "1.0"
+
+
 def test_find_files_stop_at_root_hg(
     wd: WorkDir, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
 ) -> None: