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Move hgrc documentation out to its own man page, hgrc(5). # HG changeset patch # User Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> # Node ID 5076cf1fd6a1b8eb410e5e03cb004ca6a52a30f9 # Parent 7369ec5d93f2ffd490a43970edd9adf8d2bbe269 Move hgrc documentation out to its own man page, hgrc(5). The new man page expands on the existing documentation by describing the file format and the purpose of each section and field.
author Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
date Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:14:06 -0800
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+HGRC(5)
+=======
+Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
+
+NAME
+----
+hgrc - configuration files for Mercurial
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+
+The Mercurial system uses a set of configuration files to control
+aspects of its behaviour.
+
+FILES
+-----
+
+Mercurial reads configuration data from two files:
+
+$HOME/.hgrc::
+    Global configuration options that apply to all Mercurial commands,
+    no matter where they are run.
+
+<repo>/.hg/hgrc::
+    Per-repository configuration options that only apply in a
+    particular repository.  This file is not version-controlled, and
+    will not get transferred during a "clone" operation.  Values in
+    this file override global values.
+
+SYNTAX
+------
+
+A configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header
+and followed by "name: value" entries; "name=value" is also accepted.
+
+    [spam]
+    eggs=ham
+    green=
+       eggs
+
+Each line contains one entry.  If the lines that follow are indented,
+they are treated as continuations of that entry.
+
+Leading whitespace is removed from values.  Empty lines are skipped.
+
+The optional values can contain format strings which refer to other
+values in the same section, or values in a special DEFAULT section.
+
+Lines beginning with "#" or ";" are ignored and may be used to provide
+comments.
+
+SECTIONS
+--------
+
+This section describes the different sections that may appear in a
+Mercurial "hgrc" file, the purpose of each section, its possible
+keys, and their possible values.
+
+hooks::
+  Commands that get automatically executed by various actions such as
+  starting or finishing a commit.
+  precommit;;
+    Run before starting a commit.  Exit status 0 allows the commit to
+    proceed.  Non-zero status will cause the commit to fail.
+  commit;;
+    Run after a changeset has been created. Passed the ID of the newly
+    created changeset.
+
+http_proxy::
+  Used to access web-based Mercurial repositories through a HTTP
+  proxy.
+  host;;
+    Host name and (optional) port of the proxy server, for example
+    "myproxy:8000".
+  user;;
+    Optional.  User name to authenticate with at the proxy server.
+  passwd;;
+    Optional.  Password to authenticate with at the proxy server.
+  no;;
+    Optional.  Comma-separated list of host names that should bypass
+    the proxy.
+
+paths::
+  Assigns symbolic names to repositories.  The left side is the
+  symbolic name, and the right gives the directory or URL that is the
+  location of the repository.
+
+tags::
+  Tags that are local to a repository and not distributed or version
+  controlled.  The left side is the tag name, and the right is the
+  ID of the changeset to identify.
+
+ui::
+  User interface controls.
+  debug;;
+    Print debugging information.  True or False.  Default is True.
+  editor;;
+    The editor to use during a commit.  Default is "vi".
+  merge;;
+    The conflict resolution program to use during a manual merge.
+    Default is "hgeditor".
+  quiet;;
+    Reduce the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is
+    False.
+  username;;
+    The committer of a changeset created when running "commit".
+    Typically a person's name and email address, e.g. "Fred Widget
+    <fred@example.com>".  Default is username@hostname.
+  verbose;;
+    Increase the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is
+    False.
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>.
+
+Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+hg(1)
+
+COPYING
+-------
+This manual page is copyright 2005 Bryan O'Sullivan.
+Mercurial is copyright 2005 Matt Mackall.
+Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License (GPL).