HGRC(5)

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Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>

NAME

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hgrc - configuration files for Mercurial

SYNOPSIS

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The Mercurial system uses a set of configuration files to control

aspects of its behaviour.

FILES

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Mercurial reads configuration data from several files, if they exist.

The names of these files depend on the system on which Mercurial is

installed.

(Unix)    <install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc::

(Unix)    <install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc::

    Per-installation configuration files, searched for in the

    directory where Mercurial is installed.  For example, if installed

    in /shared/tools, Mercurial will look in

    /shared/tools/etc/mercurial/hgrc.  Options in these files apply to

    all Mercurial commands executed by any user in any directory.

(Unix)    /etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc::

(Unix)    /etc/mercurial/hgrc::

(Windows) C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini::

    Per-system configuration files, for the system on which Mercurial

    is running.  Options in these files apply to all Mercurial

    commands executed by any user in any directory.  Options in these

    files override per-installation options.

(Unix)    $HOME/.hgrc::

(Windows) C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini

    Per-user configuration file, for the user running Mercurial.

    Options in this file apply to all Mercurial commands executed by

    any user in any directory.  Options in this file override

    per-installation and per-system options.

(Unix, Windows) <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.  Options in

    this file override options in all other configuration files.

SYNTAX

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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

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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.

decode/encode::

  Filters for transforming files on checkout/checkin. This would

  typically be used for newline processing or other

  localization/canonicalization of files.

  Filters consist of a filter pattern followed by a filter command.

  Filter patterns are globs by default, rooted at the repository

  root.  For example, to match any file ending in ".txt" in the root

  directory only, use the pattern "*.txt".  To match any file ending

  in ".c" anywhere in the repository, use the pattern "**.c".

  The filter command can start with a specifier, either "pipe:" or

  "tempfile:".  If no specifier is given, "pipe:" is used by default.

  A "pipe:" command must accept data on stdin and return the

  transformed data on stdout.

  Pipe example:

    [encode]

    # uncompress gzip files on checkin to improve delta compression

    # note: not necessarily a good idea, just an example

    *.gz = pipe: gunzip

    [decode]

    # recompress gzip files when writing them to the working dir (we

    # can safely omit "pipe:", because it's the default)

    *.gz = gzip

  A "tempfile:" command is a template.  The string INFILE is replaced

  with the name of a temporary file that contains the data to be

  filtered by the command.  The string OUTFILE is replaced with the

  name of an empty temporary file, where the filtered data must be

  written by the command.

  NOTE: the tempfile mechanism is recommended for Windows systems,

  where the standard shell I/O redirection operators often have

  strange effects.  In particular, if you are doing line ending

  conversion on Windows using the popular dos2unix and unix2dos

  programs, you *must* use the tempfile mechanism, as using pipes will

  corrupt the contents of your files.

  Tempfile example:

    [encode]

    # convert files to unix line ending conventions on checkin

    **.txt = tempfile: dos2unix -n INFILE OUTFILE

    [decode]

    # convert files to windows line ending conventions when writing

    # them to the working dir

    **.txt = tempfile: unix2dos -n INFILE OUTFILE

hooks::

  Commands that get automatically executed by various actions such as

  starting or finishing a commit. Multiple commands can be run for

  the same action by appending a suffix to the action. Overriding a

  site-wide hook can be done by changing its value or setting it to

  an empty string.

  Example .hg/hgrc:

    [hooks]

    # do not use the site-wide hook

    incoming =

    incoming.email = /my/email/hook

    incoming.autobuild = /my/build/hook

  Most hooks are run with environment variables set that give added

  useful information.  For each hook below, the environment variables

  it is passed are listed with names of the form "$HG_foo".

  changegroup;;

    Run after a changegroup has been added via push, pull or

    unbundle. ID of the first new changeset is in $HG_NODE.

  commit;;

    Run after a changeset has been created in the local repository.

    ID of the newly created changeset is in $HG_NODE.  Parent

    changeset IDs are in $HG_PARENT1 and $HG_PARENT2.

  incoming;;

    Run after a changeset has been pulled, pushed, or unbundled into

    the local repository.  The ID of the newly arrived changeset is in

    $HG_NODE.

  outgoing;;

    Run after sending changes from local repository to another.  ID of

    first changeset sent is in $HG_NODE.  Source of operation is in

    $HG_SOURCE; see "preoutgoing" hook for description.

  prechangegroup;;

    Run before a changegroup is added via push, pull or unbundle.

    Exit status 0 allows the changegroup to proceed.  Non-zero status

    will cause the push, pull or unbundle to fail.

  precommit;;

    Run before starting a local commit.  Exit status 0 allows the

    commit to proceed.  Non-zero status will cause the commit to fail.

    Parent changeset IDs are in $HG_PARENT1 and $HG_PARENT2.

  preoutgoing;;

    Run before computing changes to send from the local repository to

    another.  Non-zero status will cause failure.  This lets you

    prevent pull over http or ssh.  Also prevents against local pull,

    push (outbound) or bundle commands, but not effective, since you

    can just copy files instead then.  Source of operation is in

    $HG_SOURCE.  If "serve", operation is happening on behalf of

    remote ssh or http repository.  If "push", "pull" or "bundle",

    operation is happening on behalf of repository on same system.

  pretag;;

    Run before creating a tag.  Exit status 0 allows the tag to be

    created.  Non-zero status will cause the tag to fail.  ID of

    changeset to tag is in $HG_NODE.  Name of tag is in $HG_TAG.  Tag

    is local if $HG_LOCAL=1, in repo if $HG_LOCAL=0.

  pretxnchangegroup;;

    Run after a changegroup has been added via push, pull or unbundle,

    but before the transaction has been committed.  Changegroup is

    visible to hook program.  This lets you validate incoming changes

    before accepting them.  Passed the ID of the first new changeset

    in $HG_NODE.  Exit status 0 allows the transaction to commit.

    Non-zero status will cause the transaction to be rolled back and

    the push, pull or unbundle will fail.

  pretxncommit;;

    Run after a changeset has been created but the transaction not yet

    committed.  Changeset is visible to hook program.  This lets you

    validate commit message and changes.  Exit status 0 allows the

    commit to proceed.  Non-zero status will cause the transaction to

    be rolled back.  ID of changeset is in $HG_NODE.  Parent changeset

    IDs are in $HG_PARENT1 and $HG_PARENT2.

  tag;;

    Run after a tag is created.  ID of tagged changeset is in

    $HG_NODE.  Name of tag is in $HG_TAG.  Tag is local if

    $HG_LOCAL=1, in repo if $HG_LOCAL=0.

  In earlier releases, the names of hook environment variables did not

  have a "HG_" prefix.  These unprefixed names are still provided in

  the environment for backwards compatibility, but their use is

  deprecated, and they will be removed in a future release.

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".

  no;;

    Optional.  Comma-separated list of host names that should bypass

    the proxy.

  passwd;;

    Optional.  Password to authenticate with at the proxy server.

  user;;

    Optional.  User name to authenticate with at the proxy server.

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.

ui::

  User interface controls.

  debug;;

    Print debugging information.  True or False.  Default is False.

  editor;;

    The editor to use during a commit.  Default is $EDITOR or "vi".

  ignore;;

    A file to read per-user ignore patterns from. This file should be in

    the same format as a repository-wide .hgignore file. This option

    supports hook syntax, so if you want to specify multiple ignore

    files, you can do so by setting something like

    "ignore.other = ~/.hgignore2".

  interactive;;

    Allow to prompt the user.  True or False.  Default is True.

  logtemplate;;

    Template string for commands that print changesets.

  style;;

    Name of style to use for command output.

  merge;;

    The conflict resolution program to use during a manual merge.

    Default is "hgmerge".

  quiet;;

    Reduce the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is False.

  remotecmd;;

    remote command to use for clone/push/pull operations. Default is 'hg'.

  ssh;;

    command to use for SSH connections. Default is 'ssh'.

  timeout;;

    The timeout used when a lock is held (in seconds), a negative value

    means no timeout. Default is 600.

  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 $EMAIL or username@hostname, unless

    username is set to an empty string, which enforces specifying the

    username manually.

  verbose;;

    Increase the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is False.

web::

  Web interface configuration.

  accesslog;;

    Where to output the access log. Default is stdout.

  address;;

    Interface address to bind to. Default is all.

  allowbz2;;

    Whether to allow .tar.bz2 downloading of repo revisions. Default is false.

  allowgz;;

    Whether to allow .tar.gz downloading of repo revisions. Default is false.

  allowpull;;

    Whether to allow pulling from the repository. Default is true.

  allowzip;;

    Whether to allow .zip downloading of repo revisions. Default is false.

    This feature creates temporary files.

  description;;

    Textual description of the repository's purpose or contents.

    Default is "unknown".

  errorlog;;

    Where to output the error log. Default is stderr.

  ipv6;;

    Whether to use IPv6. Default is false.

  name;;

    Repository name to use in the web interface. Default is current

    working directory.

  maxchanges;;

    Maximum number of changes to list on the changelog. Default is 10.

  maxfiles;;

    Maximum number of files to list per changeset. Default is 10.

  port;;

    Port to listen on. Default is 8000.

  style;;

    Which template map style to use.

  templates;;

    Where to find the HTML templates. Default is install path.

AUTHOR

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Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>.

Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.

SEE ALSO

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hg(1)

COPYING

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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).