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

#!/bin/sh
hg init 1
echo '[ui]' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
echo 'timeout = 10' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
echo foo > 1/foo
hg --cwd 1 ci -A -m foo
hg clone 1 2
hg clone 2 3
echo '[hooks]' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
echo 'changegroup.push = hg push -qf ../1' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
echo bar >> 3/foo
hg --cwd 3 ci -m bar
hg --cwd 3 push ../2