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 --debug init
echo this is a1 > a
hg add a
hg commit -m0 -d "1000000 0"
echo this is b1 > b
hg add b
hg commit -m1 -d "1000000 0"
hg manifest 1
echo this is c1 > c
hg rawcommit -p 1 -d "1000000 0" -m2 c
hg manifest 2
hg parents
rm b
hg rawcommit -p 2 -d "1000000 0" -m3 b
hg manifest 3
hg parents
echo this is a22 > a
hg rawcommit -p 3 -d "1000000 0" -m4 a
hg manifest 4
hg parents
echo this is c22 > c
hg rawcommit -p 1 -d "1000000 0" -m5 c
hg manifest 5
hg parents
# merge, but no files changed
hg rawcommit -p 4 -p 5 -d "1000000 0" -m6
hg manifest 6
hg parents
# no changes what-so-ever
hg rawcommit -p 6 -d "1000000 0" -m7
hg manifest 7
hg parents