hgk/hg view works with established repo but not with new repo

Question

My vm system:

> uname -a
Linux xxx 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Wed Mar 23 00:37:12 UTC 2016
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

> python --version
Python 2.6.6

> hg --version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 2.2.2)

> cat ~/.hgrc
[extensions]
hgext.hgk = 

The native hg that came with centos6.7 is 1.4.4, but I updated it to 2.2.2 from rpm.

What I can do:

> cd ~/tmp/
> hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u
> cd jdk8u
> hg view

thg window displays as expected. No problems encountered.

Problem:

hg view encounters error when viewing newly created repo

> hg init ~/tmp/mizraim
> cd !$
> hg view
child process exited abnormally
    while executing
"exec $env(HG) --config ui.report_untrusted=false heads"

OTOH

[/media/sf_Temp] is shared drive between this Linux guest with Win7 host as [C:\Temp]

> cd /media/sf_Temp
> hg clone ~/tmp/mizraim

I am able to view [/media/sf_Temp/mizraim] as [C:\Temp\mizraim] using my win 7 version of TortoiseHg Workbench.

Question

• What is wrong with my hg init ?
• Why can't hg view view my newly created repo, but it can view the clone of jdk8u?
• What is hidden in the nooks of the [jdk8u/.hg] that I could hackplicate into [mizraim/.hg], to make hg view work on repo mizraim?

Answer 1

In order:

What is wrong with my hg init?

Nothing: it created a new, empty repository.

Why can't hg view view my newly created repo, but it can view the clone of jdk8u?

There is nothing in it to view.

(In particular, hg heads prints no heads and exits with a failure status, which causes hg view to abort. Probably hg view should just show you the empty repository, but that would not be particularly useful anyway.)

What is hidden in the nooks of the [jdk8u/.hg] that I could hackplicate into [mizraim/.hg], to make hg view work on repo mizraim?

Nothing: you just need some revisions.