Convert multiple files using Mercurial's Filter System

Question

Is it possible to convert multiple, on-each-other-depending files using a filter?

E.g. instead of converting a.zip to a.txt and b.zip to b.txt is it possible to convert a.zip AND b.zip to ab.txt? The problem is that a.zip and b.zip can't be converted individually, since a.zip contains data which is needed for the conversion of b.zip.

Using the tempfile option creates only one (temp-)file, and passes only this file's name to the converter's-executable.

Answer 1

No, I'm afraid the decode/encode filter system works on single files only.

Internally, the filter system is used by three methods in the localrepo class. These functions operate on working copy file names.