make --style=compact look for map-cmdline.compact. change name of key in map file from changelog to changeset. rename command map files to start with map-cmdline. rename ui.logmap to ui.style in hgrc. now --style=foo does this: tries to open foo as file. tries as map-cmdline.foo in template path. tries as foo in template path.

#!/bin/sh

hg init
echo foo > a
hg add a
hg commit -m "1" -d "0 0"
hg verify
chmod -r .hg/data/a.d
hg verify 2>/dev/null || echo verify failed
chmod +r .hg/data/a.d
hg verify 2>/dev/null || echo verify failed
chmod -w .hg/data/a.d
echo barber > a
hg commit -m "2" -d "0 0" 2>/dev/null || echo commit failed