# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1151326346 -7200
# Node ID 894435215344ab67ad1224b66071e8e3a5c203ae
# Parent  1e2ec4fd16df58d2d7836fc3df0e51acacd9aab3
Added ui.configlist method to get comma/space separated lists of strings.
For example:
 users = alice, bob
 colors = red green blue

diff --git a/mercurial/ui.py b/mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ class ui(object):
         else:
             return self.parentui.config(section, name, default)
 
+    def configlist(self, section, name, default=None):
+        """Return a list of comma/space separated strings"""
+        result = self.config(section, name)
+        if result is None:
+            return []
+        else:
+            return result.replace(",", " ").split()
+
+
     def configbool(self, section, name, default=False):
         if self.overlay.has_key((section, name)):
             return self.overlay[(section, name)]