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+# commands.py - command processing for mercurial
+#
+# Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
+#
+# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
+
+from demandload import demandload
+from node import *
+from i18n import gettext as _
+demandload(globals(), 'os sys')
+
+def make_filename(repo, pat, node,
+                  total=None, seqno=None, revwidth=None, pathname=None):
+    node_expander = {
+        'H': lambda: hex(node),
+        'R': lambda: str(repo.changelog.rev(node)),
+        'h': lambda: short(node),
+        }
+    expander = {
+        '%': lambda: '%',
+        'b': lambda: os.path.basename(repo.root),
+        }
+
+    try:
+        if node:
+            expander.update(node_expander)
+        if node and revwidth is not None:
+            expander['r'] = (lambda:
+                    str(repo.changelog.rev(node)).zfill(revwidth))
+        if total is not None:
+            expander['N'] = lambda: str(total)
+        if seqno is not None:
+            expander['n'] = lambda: str(seqno)
+        if total is not None and seqno is not None:
+            expander['n'] = lambda:str(seqno).zfill(len(str(total)))
+        if pathname is not None:
+            expander['s'] = lambda: os.path.basename(pathname)
+            expander['d'] = lambda: os.path.dirname(pathname) or '.'
+            expander['p'] = lambda: pathname
+
+        newname = []
+        patlen = len(pat)
+        i = 0
+        while i < patlen:
+            c = pat[i]
+            if c == '%':
+                i += 1
+                c = pat[i]
+                c = expander[c]()
+            newname.append(c)
+            i += 1
+        return ''.join(newname)
+    except KeyError, inst:
+        raise util.Abort(_("invalid format spec '%%%s' in output file name"),
+                    inst.args[0])
+
+def make_file(repo, pat, node=None,
+              total=None, seqno=None, revwidth=None, mode='wb', pathname=None):
+    if not pat or pat == '-':
+        return 'w' in mode and sys.stdout or sys.stdin
+    if hasattr(pat, 'write') and 'w' in mode:
+        return pat
+    if hasattr(pat, 'read') and 'r' in mode:
+        return pat
+    return open(make_filename(repo, pat, node, total, seqno, revwidth,
+                              pathname),
+                mode)