let commands that show changesets use templates. mechanism is same as hgweb templates. old show_changeset code is still used for now if no template given, because it is faster than template code when verbose or debug. simple template can be given on command line using -t, --template. example: hg log -t '{author|person}\n' complex template can be put in template map file, given on command line using --map-file. we give two example map files: map-log.compact prints 3 lines of output for every change. map-log.verbose prints exact same output as default "hg log -v". map files are searched where user says, then in template path as backup. example: hg log --map-file map-log.compact defaults can be set in hgrc with ui.logtemplate and ui.logmap.

adding foo
checking changesets
checking manifests
crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
checking files
1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
pulling from ../branch
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
checking changesets
checking manifests
crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
checking files
1 files, 2 changesets, 2 total revisions
foo
bar
6f4310b00b9a147241b071a60c28a650827fb03d 644 foo