Mercurial

Misc

hg

config file

• Windows: C:\Users\<User>\mercurial.ini
• Linux: ~/.hgrc

Username/Mail

If you are using the commandline, make sure to add to your config file:

[ui]
username = John Doe <john@example.com>

aliases

mercurial command line log as one line per commit

Windows: add:

[alias]
logline = log --template "{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n"

Linux: add: (the only difference to Windows is " vs '

[alias]
logline = log --template '{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n'

TortoiseHG

Why does hg not work?

After you installed TortoiseHG, add the path to the install directory of TortoiseHG to the PATH variable. (Start/Settings/System/About/System Info/Advanced system settings/Environment Variables...)