Add MOTD display to hgweb and hgwebdir. The hgweb "footer" template now has space for an optional message of the day (MOTD). This is used in two contexts: 1) On the hgwebdir index page 2) On various pages of each individual repo For both cases, the MOTD is read out of an entry named "motd" in the [web] section of a config file -- the only difference is which file is used. For #1, you need to add the section to hgweb.config; for #2, you need to add to the repo's .hgrc file. I suggest something like this: [web] motd = <p>To download these repositories, <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">get Mercurial</a> and then type something like:</p><p><pre>hg clone http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi/cpmpy</pre></p>You can also click the Download links to get an archive of the latest revision. An online sample is available here: http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# An example CGI script to use hgweb, edit as necessary

import cgitb, os, sys
cgitb.enable()

# sys.path.insert(0, "/path/to/python/lib") # if not a system-wide install
from mercurial import hgweb

h = hgweb.hgweb("/path/to/repo", "repository name")
h.run()