HGRC(5)

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Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>

NAME

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hgrc - configuration files for Mercurial

SYNOPSIS

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The Mercurial system uses a set of configuration files to control

aspects of its behaviour.

FILES

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Mercurial reads configuration data from three files:

/etc/mercurial/hgrc::

    Options in this global configuration file apply to all Mercurial

    commands executed by any user in any directory.

$HOME/.hgrc::

    Per-user configuration options that apply to all Mercurial commands,

    no matter from which directory they are run.  Values in this file

    override global settings.

<repo>/.hg/hgrc::

    Per-repository configuration options that only apply in a

    particular repository.  This file is not version-controlled, and

    will not get transferred during a "clone" operation.  Values in

    this file override global and per-user settings.

SYNTAX

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A configuration file consists of sections, led by a "[section]" header

and followed by "name: value" entries; "name=value" is also accepted.

    [spam]

    eggs=ham

    green=

       eggs

Each line contains one entry.  If the lines that follow are indented,

they are treated as continuations of that entry.

Leading whitespace is removed from values.  Empty lines are skipped.

The optional values can contain format strings which refer to other

values in the same section, or values in a special DEFAULT section.

Lines beginning with "#" or ";" are ignored and may be used to provide

comments.

SECTIONS

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This section describes the different sections that may appear in a

Mercurial "hgrc" file, the purpose of each section, its possible

keys, and their possible values.

hooks::

  Commands that get automatically executed by various actions such as

  starting or finishing a commit.

  precommit;;

    Run before starting a commit.  Exit status 0 allows the commit to

    proceed.  Non-zero status will cause the commit to fail.

  commit;;

    Run after a changeset has been created. Passed the ID of the newly

    created changeset.

  changegroup;;

    Run after a changegroup has been added via push or pull.

http_proxy::

  Used to access web-based Mercurial repositories through a HTTP

  proxy.

  host;;

    Host name and (optional) port of the proxy server, for example

    "myproxy:8000".

  user;;

    Optional.  User name to authenticate with at the proxy server.

  passwd;;

    Optional.  Password to authenticate with at the proxy server.

  no;;

    Optional.  Comma-separated list of host names that should bypass

    the proxy.

paths::

  Assigns symbolic names to repositories.  The left side is the

  symbolic name, and the right gives the directory or URL that is the

  location of the repository.

ui::

  User interface controls.

  debug;;

    Print debugging information.  True or False.  Default is False.

  editor;;

    The editor to use during a commit.  Default is $EDITOR or "vi".

  interactive;;

    Allow to prompt the user.  True or False.  Default is True.

  merge;;

    The conflict resolution program to use during a manual merge.

    Default is "hgmerge".

  quiet;;

    Reduce the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is False.

  username;;

    The committer of a changeset created when running "commit".

    Typically a person's name and email address, e.g. "Fred Widget

    <fred@example.com>".  Default is $EMAIL or username@hostname.

  verbose;;

    Increase the amount of output printed.  True or False.  Default is False.

  ssh;;

    command to use for SSH connections. Default is 'ssh'.

  remotecmd;;

    remote command to use for clone/push/pull operations. Default is 'hg'.

web::

  Web interface configuration.

  name;;

    Repository name to use in the web interface. Default is current

    working directory.

  address;;

    Interface address to bind to. Default is all.

  port;;

    Port to listen on. Default is 8000.

  ipv6;;

    Whether to use IPv6. Default is false.

  accesslog;;

    Where to output the access log. Default is stdout.

  errorlog;;

    Where to output the error log. Default is stderr.

  templates;;

    Where to find the HTML templates. Default is install path.

  maxchanges;;

    Maximum number of changes to list on the changelog. Default is 10.

  maxfiles;;

    Maximum number of files to list per changeset. Default is 10.

  allowpull;;

    Whether to allow pulling from the repository. Default is true.

AUTHOR

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Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>.

Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.

SEE ALSO

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hg(1)

COPYING

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This manual page is copyright 2005 Bryan O'Sullivan.

Mercurial is copyright 2005 Matt Mackall.

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General

Public License (GPL).