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That error seems to imply that Mercurial isn't compatible with gearbox
--log-file . That can perhaps be fixed or worked around, but for now
just don't use that option.
The --debug and -v options to gearbox will just control output from
gearbox.
New issue 364: No authentication if "anonymous is allowed"
https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/issues/364/no-authentication-if-anonymous-is-allowed
André Klitzing:
If we allow WRITE permissions to the “default user” in a repository and enable
“Allow anonymous access” we don’t get any