diff doc/hg.1.txt @ 1951:696230e52e4d

add HGRCPATH env var, list of places to look for hgrc files. if set, override default hgrc search path. if empty, only .hg/hgrc of current repo read. for each element, if directory, all entries in directory with end in ".rc" are added to path. else, element is added to path. big thing about this change is that user "~/.hgrc" and system hgrc not longer breaks tests. run-tests makes HGRCPATH empty now.
author Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
date Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:40:46 -0800
parents b7cc0f323a4c
children d242719c716e
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--- a/doc/hg.1.txt
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@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ HGMERGE::
 
     (deprecated, use .hgrc)
 
+HGRCPATH::
+    A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files.  Item
+    separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows.  If HGRCPATH is not set,
+    platform default search path is used.  If empty, only .hg/hgrc of
+    current repository is read.
+
+    For each element in path, if a directory, all entries in directory
+    ending with ".rc" are added to path.  Else, element itself is
+    added to path.
+
 HGUSER::
     This is the string used for the author of a commit.