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Bundle File Formats
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    Mercurial supports generating standalone "bundle" files that hold repository
    data. These "bundles" are typically saved locally and used later or exchanged
    between different repositories, possibly on different machines. Example
    commands using bundles are :hg:`bundle` and :hg:`unbundle`.
    
    Generation of bundle files is controlled by a "bundle specification"
    ("bundlespec") string. This string tells the bundle generation process how
    to create the bundle.
    
    A "bundlespec" string is composed of the following elements:
    
    type
        A string denoting the bundle format to use.
    
    compression
        Denotes the compression engine to use compressing the raw bundle data.
    
    parameters
        Arbitrary key-value parameters to further control bundle generation.
    
    A "bundlespec" string has the following formats:
    
    <type>
        The literal bundle format string is used.
    
    <compression>-<type>
        The compression engine and format are delimited by a hyphen (``-``).
    
    Optional parameters follow the ``<type>``. Parameters are URI escaped
    ``key=value`` pairs. Each pair is delimited by a semicolon (``;``). The
    first parameter begins after a ``;`` immediately following the ``<type>``
    value.
    
    Available Types
    ===============
    
    The following bundle <type> strings are available:
    
    v1
        Produces a legacy "changegroup" version 1 bundle.
    
        This format is compatible with nearly all Mercurial clients because it is
        the oldest. However, it has some limitations, which is why it is no longer
        the default for new repositories.
    
        ``v1`` bundles can be used with modern repositories using the "generaldelta"
        storage format. However, it may take longer to produce the bundle and the
        resulting bundle may be significantly larger than a ``v2`` bundle.
    
        ``v1`` bundles can only use the ``gzip``, ``bzip2``, and ``none`` compression
        formats.
    
    v2
        Produces a version 2 bundle.
    
        Version 2 bundles are an extensible format that can store additional
        repository data (such as bookmarks and phases information) and they can
        store data more efficiently, resulting in smaller bundles.
    
        Version 2 bundles can also use modern compression engines, such as
        ``zstd``, making them faster to compress and often smaller.
    
    Available Compression Engines
    =============================
    
    The following bundle <compression> engines can be used:
    
    ``bzip2``
      An algorithm that produces smaller bundles than ``gzip``.
      
      All Mercurial clients should support this format.
      
      This engine will likely produce smaller bundles than ``gzip`` but
      will be significantly slower, both during compression and
      decompression.
      
      If available, the ``zstd`` engine can yield similar or better
      compression at much higher speeds.
    
    ``gzip``
      zlib compression using the DEFLATE algorithm.
      
      All Mercurial clients should support this format. The compression
      algorithm strikes a reasonable balance between compression ratio
      and size.
    
    ``none``
      No compression is performed.
      
      Use this compression engine to explicitly disable compression.
    
    ``zstd``
      A modern compression algorithm that is fast and highly flexible.
      
      Only supported by Mercurial 4.1 and newer clients.
      
      With the default settings, zstd compression is both faster and yields
      better compression than ``gzip``. It also frequently yields better
      compression than ``bzip2`` while operating at much higher speeds.
      
      If this engine is available and backwards compatibility is not a
      concern, it is likely the best available engine.
    
    Examples
    ========
    
    ``v2``
        Produce a ``v2`` bundle using default options, including compression.
    
    ``none-v1``
        Produce a ``v1`` bundle with no compression.
    
    ``zstd-v2``
        Produce a ``v2`` bundle with zstandard compression using default
        settings.
    
    ``zstd-v1``
        This errors because ``zstd`` is not supported for ``v1`` types.