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## NAME
       hgrc - configuration files for Mercurial

## DESCRIPTION
       The Mercurial system uses a set of configuration files to control aspects of its behavior.

## TROUBLESHOOTING
       If you're having problems with your configuration, **hg config --source **can help you understand
       what is introducing a setting into your environment.

       See  **hg  help  config.syntax **and  **hg help config.files **for information about how and where to
       override things.

## STRUCTURE
       The configuration files use a simple ini-file format. A configuration file consists  of  sec‐
       tions, led by a **[section] **header and followed by **name = value **entries:

       [ui]
       username = Firstname Lastname <<firstname.lastname@example.net>>
       verbose = True

       The  above  entries  will  be referred to as **ui.username **and **ui.verbose**, respectively. See **hg**
       **help config.syntax**.

## FILES
       Mercurial reads configuration data from several files, if they exist.  These files do not ex‐
       ist by default and you will have to create the appropriate configuration files yourself:

       Local configuration is put into the per-repository **<repo>/.hg/hgrc **file.

       Global configuration like the username setting is typically put into:

       • **%USERPROFILE%\mercurial.ini **(on Windows)

       • **$HOME/.hgrc **(on Unix, Plan9)

       The names of these files depend on the system on which Mercurial  is  installed.  ***.rc  **files
       from  a  single directory are read in alphabetical order, later ones overriding earlier ones.
       Where multiple paths are given below, settings from earlier paths override later ones.

       On Unix, the following files are consulted:

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc-not-shared **(per-repository)

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc **(per-repository)

       • **$HOME/.hgrc **(per-user)

       • **${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/hg/hgrc **(per-user)

       • **<install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc **(per-installation)

       • **<install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc **(per-installation)

       • **/etc/mercurial/hgrc **(per-system)

       • **/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc **(per-system)

       • **<internal>/*.rc **(defaults)

       On Windows, the following files are consulted:

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc-not-shared **(per-repository)

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc **(per-repository)

       • **%USERPROFILE%\.hgrc **(per-user)

       • **%USERPROFILE%\Mercurial.ini **(per-user)

       • **%HOME%\.hgrc **(per-user)

       • **%HOME%\Mercurial.ini **(per-user)

       • **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercurial **(per-system)

       • **<install-dir>\hgrc.d\*.rc **(per-installation)

       • **<install-dir>\Mercurial.ini **(per-installation)

       • **%PROGRAMDATA%\Mercurial\hgrc **(per-system)

       • **%PROGRAMDATA%\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini **(per-system)

       • **%PROGRAMDATA%\Mercurial\hgrc.d\*.rc **(per-system)

       • **<internal>/*.rc **(defaults)

       Note   The registry key **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mercurial **is used  when  run‐
              ning 32-bit Python on 64-bit Windows.

       On Plan9, the following files are consulted:

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc-not-shared **(per-repository)

       • **<repo>/.hg/hgrc **(per-repository)

       • **$home/lib/hgrc **(per-user)

       • **<install-root>/lib/mercurial/hgrc **(per-installation)

       • **<install-root>/lib/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc **(per-installation)

       • **/lib/mercurial/hgrc **(per-system)

       • **/lib/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc **(per-system)

       • **<internal>/*.rc **(defaults)

       Per-repository  configuration options only apply in a particular repository. This file is not
       version-controlled, and will not get transferred during a "clone" operation. Options in  this
       file override options in all other configuration files.

       On  Plan 9 and Unix, most of this file will be ignored if it doesn't belong to a trusted user
       or to a trusted group. See **hg help config.trusted **for more details.

       Per-user configuration file(s) are for the user running Mercurial.  Options  in  these  files
       apply  to  all  Mercurial  commands  executed by this user in any directory. Options in these
       files override per-system and per-installation options.

       Per-installation configuration files are searched for in the directory where Mercurial is in‐
       stalled. **<install-root> **is the parent directory of the **hg **executable (or symlink) being run.

       For   example,   if   installed   in   **/shared/tools/bin/hg**,   Mercurial   will    look    in
       **/shared/tools/etc/mercurial/hgrc**. Options in these files apply to all Mercurial commands exe‐
       cuted by any user in any directory.

       Per-installation  configuration  files  are for the system on which Mercurial is running. Op‐
       tions in these files apply to all Mercurial commands executed by any user in  any  directory.
       Registry  keys  contain PATH-like strings, every part of which must reference a **Mercurial.ini**
       file or be a directory where ***.rc **files will be read.  Mercurial checks each of  these  loca‐
       tions in the specified order until one or more configuration files are detected.

       Per-system  configuration  files are for the system on which Mercurial is running. Options in
       these files apply to all Mercurial commands executed by any user in any directory. Options in
       these files override per-installation options.

       Mercurial comes with some default configuration. The  default  configuration  files  are  in‐
       stalled  with  Mercurial  and  will  be  overwritten on upgrades. Default configuration files
       should never be edited by users or administrators but can be overridden in  other  configura‐
       tion  files.  So  far  the directory only contains merge tool configuration but packagers can
       also put other default configuration there.

       On versions 5.7 and later, if share-safe functionality is enabled, shares  will  read  config
       file of share source too.  _<share-source/.hg/hgrc>_ is read before reading _<repo/.hg/hgrc>_.

       For configs which should not be shared, _<repo/.hg/hgrc-not-shared>_ should be used.

## SYNTAX
       A  configuration  file consists of sections, led by a **[section] **header and followed by **name =**
       **value **entries (sometimes called **configuration keys**):

       [spam]
       eggs=ham
       green=
          eggs

       Each line contains one entry. If the lines that follow are indented, they are treated as con‐
       tinuations of that entry. Leading whitespace is removed from values. Empty lines are skipped.
       Lines beginning with **# **or **; **are ignored and may be used to provide comments.

       Configuration keys can be set multiple times, in which case Mercurial will use the value that
       was configured last. As an example:

       [spam]
       eggs=large
       ham=serrano
       eggs=small

       This would set the configuration key named **eggs **to **small**.

       It is also possible to define a section multiple times. A section can  be  redefined  on  the
       same and/or on different configuration files. For example:

       [foo]
       eggs=large
       ham=serrano
       eggs=small

       [bar]
       eggs=ham
       green=
          eggs

       [foo]
       ham=prosciutto
       eggs=medium
       bread=toasted

       This would set the **eggs**, **ham**, and **bread **configuration keys of the **foo **section to **medium**, **pro‐**
       **sciutto**,  and **toasted**, respectively. As you can see there only thing that matters is the last
       value that was set for each of the configuration keys.

       If a configuration key is set multiple times in different configuration files the final value
       will depend on the order in which the different configuration files are read,  with  settings
       from earlier paths overriding later ones as described on the **Files **section above.

       A  line  of the form **%include file **will include **file **into the current configuration file. The
       inclusion is recursive, which means that included files can include  other  files.  Filenames
       are relative to the configuration file in which the **%include **directive is found.  Environment
       variables and **~user **constructs are expanded in **file**. This lets you do something like:

       %include ~/.hgrc.d/$HOST.rc

       to include a different configuration file on each computer you use.

       A  line with **%unset name **will remove **name **from the current section, if it has been set previ‐
       ously.

       The values are either free-form text strings, lists  of  text  strings,  or  Boolean  values.
       Boolean values can be set to true using any of "1", "yes", "true", or "on" and to false using
       "0", "no", "false", or "off" (all case insensitive).

       List  values  are  separated  by whitespace or comma, except when values are placed in double
       quotation marks:

       allow_read = "John Doe, PhD", brian, betty

       Quotation marks can be escaped by prefixing them with a backslash. Only  quotation  marks  at
       the  beginning  of a word is counted as a quotation (e.g., **foo"bar baz **is the list of **foo"bar**
       and **baz**).

## SECTIONS
       This section describes the different sections that may appear in  a  Mercurial  configuration
       file, the purpose of each section, its possible keys, and their possible values.

### alias
       Defines command aliases.

       Aliases  allow  you  to define your own commands in terms of other commands (or aliases), op‐
       tionally including arguments. Positional arguments in the form of **$1**, **$2**, etc. in  the  alias
       definition  are expanded by Mercurial before execution. Positional arguments not already used
       by **$N **in the definition are put at the end of the command to be executed.

       Alias definitions consist of lines of the form:

       <alias> = <command> [<argument>]...

       For example, this definition:

       latest = log --limit 5

       creates a new command **latest **that shows only the five most recent changesets. You can  define
       subsequent aliases using earlier ones:

       stable5 = latest -b stable

       Note   It  is possible to create aliases with the same names as existing commands, which will
              then override the original definitions. This is almost always a bad idea!

       An alias can start with an exclamation point (**!**) to make it a shell alias. A shell  alias  is
       executed with the shell and will let you run arbitrary commands. As an example,

       echo = !echo $@

       will let you do **hg echo foo **to have **foo **printed in your terminal. A better example might be:

       purge = !$HG status --no-status --unknown -0 re: | xargs -0 rm -f

       which will make **hg purge **delete all unknown files in the repository in the same manner as the
       purge extension.

       Positional  arguments  like  **$1**, **$2**, etc. in the alias definition expand to the command argu‐
       ments. Unmatched arguments are removed. **$0 **expands to the alias name and **$@  **expands  to  all
       arguments  separated by a space. **"$@" **(with quotes) expands to all arguments quoted individu‐
       ally and separated by a space. These expansions happen before the command is  passed  to  the
       shell.

       Shell  aliases  are executed in an environment where **$HG **expands to the path of the Mercurial
       that was used to execute the alias. This is useful when you want to  call  further  Mercurial
       commands  in  a shell alias, as was done above for the purge alias. In addition, **$HG_ARGS **ex‐
       pands to the arguments given to Mercurial. In the **hg echo foo **call above, **$HG_ARGS **would  ex‐
       pand to **echo foo**.

       Note   Some  global  configuration  options such as **-R **are processed before shell aliases and
              will thus not be passed to aliases.

### annotate
       Settings used when displaying file annotations. All values are Booleans and default to False.
       See **hg help config.diff **for related options for the diff command.

### ignorews

              Ignore white space when comparing lines.

### ignorewseol

              Ignore white space at the end of a line when comparing lines.

### ignorewsamount

              Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

### ignoreblanklines

              Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

### auth
       Authentication credentials and other authentication-like configuration for HTTP  connections.
       This  section  allows  you  to  store  usernames and passwords for use when logging _into_ HTTP
       servers. See **hg help config.web **if you want to configure _who_ can login to your HTTP server.

       The following options apply to all hosts.

### cookiefile

              Path to a file containing HTTP cookie lines. Cookies matching a host will be sent  au‐
              tomatically.

              The  file  format  uses the Mozilla cookies.txt format, which defines cookies on their
              own lines. Each line contains 7 fields delimited by the tab character (domain,  is_do‐
              main_cookie,  path,  is_secure,  expires,  name, value). For more info, do an Internet
              search for "Netscape cookies.txt format."

              Note: the cookies parser does not handle port numbers on domains. You will need to re‐
              move ports from the domain for the cookie to be recognized.  This could  result  in  a
              cookie being disclosed to an unwanted server.

              The cookies file is read-only.

       Other options in this section are grouped by name and have the following format:

       <name>.<argument> = <value>

       where **<name> **is used to group arguments into authentication entries. Example:

       foo.prefix = hg.intevation.de/mercurial
       foo.username = foo
       foo.password = bar
       foo.schemes = http https

       bar.prefix = secure.example.org
       bar.key = path/to/file.key
       bar.cert = path/to/file.cert
       bar.schemes = https

       Supported arguments:

### prefix

              Either  ***  **or  a URI prefix with or without the scheme part.  The authentication entry
              with the longest matching prefix is used (where *** **matches everything and counts  as  a
              match  of  length  1).  If the prefix doesn't include a scheme, the match is performed
              against the URI with its scheme stripped as well, and the schemes argument,  q.v.,  is
              then subsequently consulted.

### username

              Optional.  Username  to  authenticate with. If not given, and the remote site requires
              basic or digest authentication, the user will be prompted for  it.  Environment  vari‐
              ables are expanded in the username letting you do **foo.username = $USER**. If the URI in‐
              cludes  a username, only **[auth] **entries with a matching username or without a username
              will be considered.

### password

              Optional. Password to authenticate with. If not given, and the  remote  site  requires
              basic or digest authentication, the user will be prompted for it.

### key

              Optional.  PEM encoded client certificate key file. Environment variables are expanded
              in the filename.

### cert

              Optional. PEM encoded client certificate chain file.  Environment  variables  are  ex‐
              panded in the filename.

### schemes

              Optional.  Space  separated list of URI schemes to use this authentication entry with.
              Only used if the prefix doesn't include a  scheme.  Supported  schemes  are  http  and
              https.  They will match static-http and static-https respectively, as well.  (default:
              https)

       If no suitable authentication entry is found, the user is prompted for credentials  as  usual
       if required by the remote.

### cmdserver
       Controls command server settings. (ADVANCED)

### message-encodings

              List  of  encodings  for  the **m **(message) channel. The first encoding supported by the
              server will be selected and advertised in the hello message. This is useful only  when
              **ui.message-output **is set to **channel**. Supported encodings are **cbor**.

### shutdown-on-interrupt

              If  set  to false, the server's main loop will continue running after SIGINT received.
              **runcommand **requests can still be interrupted by SIGINT. Close the  write  end  of  the
              pipe to shut down the server process gracefully.  (default: True)

### color
       Configure  the  Mercurial  color mode. For details about how to define your custom effect and
       style see **hg help color**.

### mode

              String: control the method used to output color. One of **auto**, **ansi**, **win32**, **terminfo **or
              **debug**. In auto mode, Mercurial will use ANSI mode by default (or win32 mode  prior  to
              Windows 10) if it detects a terminal. Any invalid value will disable color.

### pagermode

              String: optional override of **color.mode **used with pager.

              On  some  systems, terminfo mode may cause problems when using color with **less -R **as a
              pager program. less with the -R option will only display ECMA-48 color codes, and ter‐
              minfo mode may sometimes emit codes that less doesn't understand. You can work  around
              this  by  either  using ansi mode (or auto mode), or by using less -r (which will pass
              through all terminal control codes, not just color control codes).

              On some systems (such as MSYS in Windows), the terminal may support a different  color
              mode than the pager program.

### commands
### commit.post-status

              Show  status  of  files  in  the working directory after successful commit.  (default:
              False)

### merge.require-rev

              Require that the revision to merge the current commit with be specified on the command
              line. If this is enabled and a revision is not specified, the  command  aborts.   (de‐
              fault: False)

### push.require-revs

              Require revisions to push be specified using one or more mechanisms such as specifying
              them positionally on the command line, using **-r**, **-b**, and/or **-B **on the command line, or
              using  **paths.<path>:pushrev **in the configuration. If this is enabled and revisions are
              not specified, the command aborts.  (default: False)

### resolve.confirm

              Confirm before performing action if no filename is passed.  (default: False)

### resolve.explicit-re-merge

              Require uses of **hg resolve **to specify which  action  it  should  perform,  instead  of
              re-merging files by default.  (default: False)

### resolve.mark-check

              Determines  what level of checking **hg resolve --mark **will perform before marking files
              as resolved. Valid values are **none`, ``warn**, and **abort**. **warn  **will  output  a  warning
              listing  the  file(s)  that  still  have conflict markers in them, but will still mark
              everything resolved.  **abort **will output the same warning but will not mark  things  as
              resolved.   If  --all is passed and this is set to **abort**, only a warning will be shown
              (an error will not be raised).  (default: **none**)

### status.relative

              Make paths in **hg status **output relative to the current directory.  (default: False)

### status.terse

              Default value for the --terse flag, which condenses status output.  (default: empty)

### update.check

              Determines what level of checking **hg update **will perform before moving to  a  destina‐
              tion revision. Valid values are **abort**, **none**, **linear**, and **noconflict**.

              • **abort **always fails if the working directory has uncommitted changes.

              • **none **performs no checking, and may result in a merge with uncommitted changes.

              • **linear  **allows any update as long as it follows a straight line in the revision his‐
                tory, and may trigger a merge with uncommitted changes.

              • **noconflict **will allow any update which would not trigger a  merge  with  uncommitted
                changes, if any are present.

              (default: **linear**)

### update.requiredest

              Require  that the user pass a destination when running **hg update**.  For example, **hg up‐**
              **date .:: **will be allowed, but a plain **hg update **will be disallowed.  (default: False)

### committemplate
### changeset

              String: configuration in this section is used as the template to  customize  the  text
              shown in the editor when committing.

       In  addition  to pre-defined template keywords, commit log specific one below can be used for
       customization:

### extramsg

              String: Extra message (typically 'Leave message empty to abort commit.'). This may  be
              changed by some commands or extensions.

       For example, the template configuration below shows as same text as one shown by default:

       [committemplate]
       changeset = {desc}\n\n
           HG: Enter commit message.  Lines beginning with 'HG:' are removed.
           HG: {extramsg}
           HG: --
           HG: user: {author}\n{ifeq(p2rev, "-1", "",
          "HG: branch merge\n")
          }HG: branch '{branch}'\n{if(activebookmark,
          "HG: bookmark '{activebookmark}'\n")   }{subrepos %
          "HG: subrepo {subrepo}\n"              }{file_adds %
          "HG: added {file}\n"                   }{file_mods %
          "HG: changed {file}\n"                 }{file_dels %
          "HG: removed {file}\n"                 }{if(files, "",
          "HG: no files changed\n")}

### diff()

              String: show the diff (see **hg help templates **for detail)

       Sometimes  it  is  helpful  to show the diff of the changeset in the editor without having to
       prefix 'HG: ' to each line so that highlighting works correctly. For this, Mercurial provides
       a special string which will ignore everything below it:

       HG: ------------------------ >8 ------------------------

       For example, the template configuration below will show the diff below the extra message:

       [committemplate]
       changeset = {desc}\n\n
           HG: Enter commit message.  Lines beginning with 'HG:' are removed.
           HG: {extramsg}
           HG: ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
           HG: Do not touch the line above.
           HG: Everything below will be removed.
           {diff()}

       Note   For some problematic encodings (see **hg help win32mbcs **for detail), this  customization
              should be configured carefully, to avoid showing broken characters.

              For  example, if a multibyte character ending with backslash (0x5c) is followed by the
              ASCII character 'n' in the customized template, the sequence of backslash and  'n'  is
              treated as line-feed unexpectedly (and the multibyte character is broken, too).

       Customized template is used for commands below (**--edit **may be required):

       • **hg backout**

       • **hg commit**

       • **hg fetch **(for merge commit only)

       • **hg graft**

       • **hg histedit**

       • **hg import**

       • **hg qfold**, **hg qnew **and **hg qrefresh**

       • **hg rebase**

       • **hg shelve**

       • **hg sign**

       • **hg tag**

       • **hg transplant**

       Configuring  items below instead of **changeset **allows showing customized message only for spe‐
       cific actions, or showing different messages for each action.

       • **changeset.backout **for **hg backout**

       • **changeset.commit.amend.merge **for **hg commit --amend **on merges

       • **changeset.commit.amend.normal **for **hg commit --amend **on other

       • **changeset.commit.normal.merge **for **hg commit **on merges

       • **changeset.commit.normal.normal **for **hg commit **on other

       • **changeset.fetch **for **hg fetch **(impling merge commit)

       • **changeset.gpg.sign **for **hg sign**

       • **changeset.graft **for **hg graft**

       • **changeset.histedit.edit **for **edit **of **hg histedit**

       • **changeset.histedit.fold **for **fold **of **hg histedit**

       • **changeset.histedit.mess **for **mess **of **hg histedit**

       • **changeset.histedit.pick **for **pick **of **hg histedit**

       • **changeset.import.bypass **for **hg import --bypass**

       • **changeset.import.normal.merge **for **hg import **on merges

       • **changeset.import.normal.normal **for **hg import **on other

       • **changeset.mq.qnew **for **hg qnew**

       • **changeset.mq.qfold **for **hg qfold**

       • **changeset.mq.qrefresh **for **hg qrefresh**

       • **changeset.rebase.collapse **for **hg rebase --collapse**

       • **changeset.rebase.merge **for **hg rebase **on merges

       • **changeset.rebase.normal **for **hg rebase **on other

       • **changeset.shelve.shelve **for **hg shelve**

       • **changeset.tag.add **for **hg tag **without **--remove**

       • **changeset.tag.remove **for **hg tag --remove**

       • **changeset.transplant.merge **for **hg transplant **on merges

       • **changeset.transplant.normal **for **hg transplant **on other

       These dot-separated lists of names are treated as hierarchical ones.   For  example,  **change‐**
       **set.tag.remove **customizes the commit message only for **hg tag --remove**, but **changeset.tag **cus‐
       tomizes the commit message for **hg tag **regardless of **--remove **option.

       When  the  external  editor  is invoked for a commit, the corresponding dot-separated list of
       names without the **changeset. **prefix (e.g. **commit.normal.normal**) is in the **HGEDITFORM **environ‐
       ment variable.

       In this section, items other than **changeset **can be referred from  others.  For  example,  the
       configuration to list committed files up below can be referred as **{listupfiles}**:

       [committemplate]
       listupfiles = {file_adds %
          "HG: added {file}\n"     }{file_mods %
          "HG: changed {file}\n"   }{file_dels %
          "HG: removed {file}\n"   }{if(files, "",
          "HG: no files changed\n")}

### decode/encode
       Filters  for transforming files on checkout/checkin. This would typically be used for newline
       processing or other localization/canonicalization of files.

       Filters consist of a filter pattern followed by a filter command.  Filter patterns are  globs
       by  default, rooted at the repository root.  For example, to match any file ending in **.txt **in
       the root directory only, use the pattern ***.txt**. To match any file ending in  **.c  **anywhere  in
       the repository, use the pattern ****.c**.  For each file only the first matching filter applies.

       The  filter command can start with a specifier, either **pipe: **or **tempfile:**. If no specifier is
       given, **pipe: **is used by default.

       A **pipe: **command must accept data on stdin and return the transformed data on stdout.

       Pipe example:

       [encode]
       # uncompress gzip files on checkin to improve delta compression
       # note: not necessarily a good idea, just an example
       *.gz = pipe: gunzip

       [decode]
       # recompress gzip files when writing them to the working dir (we
       # can safely omit "pipe:", because it's the default)
       *.gz = gzip

       A **tempfile: **command is a template. The string **INFILE **is replaced with the name of a temporary
       file that contains the data to be filtered by the command. The  string  **OUTFILE  **is  replaced
       with the name of an empty temporary file, where the filtered data must be written by the com‐
       mand.

       Note   The  tempfile  mechanism  is recommended for Windows systems, where the standard shell
              I/O redirection operators often have strange effects and may corrupt the  contents  of
              your files.

       This  filter mechanism is used internally by the **eol **extension to translate line ending char‐
       acters between Windows (CRLF) and Unix (LF) format. We suggest you use the **eol **extension  for
       convenience.

### defaults
       (defaults are deprecated. Don't use them. Use aliases instead.)

       Use  the **[defaults] **section to define command defaults, i.e. the default options/arguments to
       pass to the specified commands.

       The following example makes **hg log **run in verbose mode, and **hg status **show only the  modified
       files, by default:

       [defaults]
       log = -v
       status = -m

       The  actual  commands, instead of their aliases, must be used when defining command defaults.
       The command defaults will also be applied to the aliases of the commands defined.

### diff
       Settings used when displaying diffs. Everything except for **unified **is a Boolean and  defaults
       to False. See **hg help config.annotate **for related options for the annotate command.

### git

              Use git extended diff format.

### nobinary

              Omit git binary patches.

### nodates

              Don't include dates in diff headers.

### noprefix

              Omit 'a/' and 'b/' prefixes from filenames. Ignored in plain mode.

### showfunc

              Show which function each change is in.

### ignorews

              Ignore white space when comparing lines.

### ignorewsamount

              Ignore changes in the amount of white space.

### ignoreblanklines

              Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.

### unified

              Number of lines of context to show.

### word-diff

              Highlight changed words.

### email
       Settings for extensions that send email messages.

### from

              Optional.  Email  address  to  use in "From" header and SMTP envelope of outgoing mes‐
              sages.

       **to**

              Optional. Comma-separated list of recipients' email addresses.

       **cc**

              Optional. Comma-separated list of carbon copy recipients' email addresses.

### bcc

              Optional. Comma-separated list of blind carbon copy recipients' email addresses.

### method

              Optional. Method to use to send email messages. If value is **smtp **(default),  use  SMTP
              (see  the **[smtp] **section for configuration).  Otherwise, use as name of program to run
              that acts like sendmail (takes **-f **option for sender, list  of  recipients  on  command
              line,  message  on stdin). Normally, setting this to **sendmail **or **/usr/sbin/sendmail **is
              enough to use sendmail to send messages.

### charsets

              Optional. Comma-separated list of character sets considered convenient for recipients.
              Addresses, headers, and parts not containing patches of outgoing messages will be  en‐
              coded in the first character set to which conversion from local encoding (**$HGENCODING**,
              **ui.fallbackencoding**)  succeeds.  If  correct conversion fails, the text in question is
              sent as is.  (default: '')

              Order of outgoing email character sets:

              1. **us-ascii**: always first, regardless of settings

              2. **email.charsets**: in order given by user

              3. **ui.fallbackencoding**: if not in email.charsets

              4. **$HGENCODING**: if not in email.charsets

              5. **utf-8**: always last, regardless of settings

       Email example:

       [email]
       from = Joseph User <<joe.user@example.com>>
       method = /usr/sbin/sendmail
       # charsets for western Europeans
       # us-ascii, utf-8 omitted, as they are tried first and last
       charsets = iso-8859-1, iso-8859-15, windows-1252

### extensions
       Mercurial has an extension mechanism for adding new features. To enable an extension,  create
       an entry for it in this section.

       If  you  know that the extension is already in Python's search path, you can give the name of
       the module, followed by **=**, with nothing after the **=**.

       Otherwise, give a name that you choose, followed by **=**, followed by the path to the  **.py  **file
       (including the file name extension) that defines the extension.

       To  explicitly  disable an extension that is enabled in an hgrc of broader scope, prepend its
       path with **!**, as in **foo = !/ext/path **or **foo = ! **when path is not supplied.

       Example for **~/.hgrc**:

       [extensions]
       # (the churn extension will get loaded from Mercurial's path)
       churn =
       # (this extension will get loaded from the file specified)
       myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py

       If an extension fails to load, a warning will be issued, and Mercurial will proceed.  To  en‐
       force that an extension must be loaded, one can set the _required_ suboption in the config:

       [extensions]
       myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py
       myfeature:required = yes

       To debug extension loading issue, one can add _--traceback_ to their mercurial invocation.

       A default setting can we set using the special _*_ extension key:

       [extensions]
       *:required = yes
       myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py
       rebase=

### format
       Configuration  that  controls  the repository format. Newer format options are more powerful,
       but incompatible with some older versions of Mercurial.  Format  options  are  considered  at
       repository  initialization  only. You need to make a new clone for config changes to be taken
       into account.

       For   more   details   about   repository   format    and    version    compatibility,    see
       <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement>

### usegeneraldelta

              Enable  or disable the "generaldelta" repository format which improves repository com‐
              pression by allowing "revlog" to store deltas against arbitrary revisions  instead  of
              the previously stored one. This provides significant improvement for repositories with
              branches.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.9.

              Enabled by default.

### dotencode

              Enable  or  disable  the  "dotencode"  repository  format which enhances the "fncache"
              repository format (which has to be enabled to use  dotencode)  to  avoid  issues  with
              filenames starting with "._" on Mac OS X and spaces on Windows.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.7.

              Enabled by default.

### usefncache

              Enable  or  disable the "fncache" repository format which enhances the "store" reposi‐
              tory format (which has to be enabled to use fncache) to  allow  longer  filenames  and
              avoids using Windows reserved names, e.g. "nul".

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 1.1.

              Enabled by default.

### use-dirstate-v2

              Enable  or  disable the experimental "dirstate-v2" feature. The dirstate functionality
              is shared by all commands interacting with the working copy.  The new version is  more
              robust, faster and stores more information.

              The  performance-improving  version  of  this feature is currently only implemented in
              Rust (see **hg help rust**), so people not using a version of Mercurial compiled with  the
              Rust  parts  might actually suffer some slowdown.  For this reason, such versions will
              by default refuse to access repositories with "dirstate-v2" enabled.

              This  behavior  can  be  adjusted  via  configuration:  check  **hg  help   config.stor‐**
              **age.dirstate-v2.slow-path **for details.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial 6.0 or above.

              By  default  this  format variant is disabled if the fast implementation is not avail‐
              able, and enabled by default if the fast implementation is available.

              To accomodate installations of Mercurial without  the  fast  implementation,  you  can
              downgrade your repository. To do so run the following command:

              **$ hg debugupgraderepo**
                     --run       --config      format.use-dirstate-v2=False      --config      stor‐
                     age.dirstate-v2.slow-path=allow

              For a more comprehensive guide, see **hg help internals.dirstate-v2**.

### use-dirstate-v2.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories

              When enabled, an automatic upgrade will be triggered when a repository format does not
              match its _use-dirstate-v2_ config.

              This is an advanced behavior that most users will not need. We recommend you don't use
              this unless you are a seasoned administrator of a Mercurial install base.

              Automatic upgrade means that any process accessing the  repository  will  upgrade  the
              repository  format  to use _dirstate-v2_. This only triggers if a change is needed. This
              also applies to operations that would have been read-only (like hg status).

              If the repository cannot be locked, the automatic-upgrade operation will  be  skipped.
              The next operation will attempt it again.

              This  configuration  will  apply  for  moves  in  any  direction,  either  adding  the
              _dirstate-v2_ format if _format.use-dirstate-v2=yes_ or removing the _dirstate-v2_  require‐
              ment  if  _format.use-dirstate-v2=no_.  So we recommend setting both this value and _for‐_
              _mat.use-dirstate-v2_ at the same time.

### use-dirstate-v2.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories:quiet

              Hide message when performing such automatic upgrade.

### use-dirstate-tracked-hint

              Enable or disable the writing of "tracked key" file alongside the dirstate.   (default
              to disabled)

              That  "tracked-hint"  can  help  external  automations to detect changes to the set of
              tracked files. (i.e the result of _hg_ _files_ or _hg_ _status_ _-macd_)

              The tracked-hint is written in a new _.hg/dirstate-tracked-hint_. That file contains two
              lines: - the first line is the file version (currently: 1), - the second line contains
              the "tracked-hint".  That file is written right after the dirstate is written.

              The tracked-hint changes whenever the set of file tracked in the dirstate changes. The
              general idea is: - if the hint is identical, the set of tracked file SHOULD be identi‐
              cal, - if the hint is different, the set of tracked file MIGHT be different.

              The "hint is identical" case uses _SHOULD_ as the dirstate and the  hint  file  are  two
              distinct  files  and  therefore that cannot be read or written to in an atomic way. If
              the key is identical, nothing garantees that the dirstate is not updated  right  after
              the hint file. This is considered a negligible limitation for the intended usecase. It
              is  actually  possible  to prevent this race by taking the repository lock during read
              operations.

              They are two "ways" to use this feature:

              1) monitoring changes to the  _.hg/dirstate-tracked-hint_,  if  the  file  changes,  the
              tracked set might have changed.

              2. storing the value and comparing it to a later value.

### use-dirstate-tracked-hint.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories

              When enabled, an automatic upgrade will be triggered when a repository format does not
              match its _use-dirstate-tracked-hint_ config.

              This is an advanced behavior that most users will not need. We recommend you don't use
              this unless you are a seasoned administrator of a Mercurial install base.

              Automatic  upgrade  means  that  any process accessing the repository will upgrade the
              repository format to use _dirstate-tracked-hint_. This only  triggers  if  a  change  is
              needed.  This  also applies to operations that would have been read-only (like hg sta‐
              tus).

              If the repository cannot be locked, the automatic-upgrade operation will  be  skipped.
              The next operation will attempt it again.

              This  configuration  will  apply  for  moves  in  any  direction,  either  adding  the
              _dirstate-tracked-hint_ format if _format.use-dirstate-tracked-hint=yes_ or  removing  the
              _dirstate-tracked-hint_ requirement if _format.use-dirstate-tracked-hint=no_. So we recom‐
              mend setting both this value and _format.use-dirstate-tracked-hint_ at the same time.

### use-dirstate-tracked-hint.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories:quiet

              Hide message when performing such automatic upgrade.

### use-persistent-nodemap

              Enable  or  disable the "persistent-nodemap" feature which improves performance if the
              Rust extensions are available.

              The "persistent-nodemap" persist the "node -> rev" on disk removing the need to dynam‐
              ically build that mapping for each Mercurial invocation.  This  significantly  reduces
              the startup cost of various local and server-side operation for larger repositories.

              The  performance-improving  version  of  this feature is currently only implemented in
              Rust (see **hg help rust**), so people not using a version of Mercurial compiled with  the
              Rust  parts  might actually suffer some slowdown.  For this reason, such versions will
              by default refuse to access repositories with "persistent-nodemap".

              This  behavior  can  be  adjusted  via  configuration:  check  **hg  help   config.stor‐**
              **age.revlog.persistent-nodemap.slow-path **for details.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial 5.4 or above.

              By  default  this  format variant is disabled if the fast implementation is not avail‐
              able, and enabled by default if the fast implementation is available.

              To accomodate installations of Mercurial without  the  fast  implementation,  you  can
              downgrade your repository. To do so run the following command:

              **$ hg debugupgraderepo**
                     --run --config format.use-persistent-nodemap=False --config storage.revlog.per‐
                     sistent-nodemap.slow-path=allow

### use-share-safe

              Enforce "safe" behaviors for all "shares" that access this repository.

              With this feature, "shares" using this repository as a source will:

              • read the source repository's configuration (_<source>/.hg/hgrc_).

              • read  and  use  the source repository's "requirements" (except the working copy spe‐
                cific one).

              Without this feature, "shares" using this repository as a source will:

              • keep tracking the repository "requirements" in the share only, ignoring  the  source
                "requirements", possibly diverging from them.

              • ignore  source  repository  config. This can create problems, like silently ignoring
                important hooks.

              Beware that existing shares will not be upgraded/downgraded, and by default, Mercurial
              will refuse to interact with them until the mismatch is resolved.  See  **hg  help  con‐**
              **fig.share.safe-mismatch.source-safe **and       **hg      help      config.share.safe-mis‐**
              **match.source-not-safe **for details.

              Introduced in Mercurial 5.7.

              Enabled by default in Mercurial 6.1.

### use-share-safe.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories

              When enabled, an automatic upgrade will be triggered when a repository format does not
              match its _use-share-safe_ config.

              This is an advanced behavior that most users will not need. We recommend you don't use
              this unless you are a seasoned administrator of a Mercurial install base.

              Automatic upgrade means that any process accessing the  repository  will  upgrade  the
              repository  format  to  use _share-safe_. This only triggers if a change is needed. This
              also applies to operation that would have been read-only (like hg status).

              If the repository cannot be locked, the automatic-upgrade operation will  be  skipped.
              The next operation will attempt it again.

              This configuration will apply for moves in any direction, either adding the _share-safe_
              format  if  _format.use-share-safe=yes_  or  removing the _share-safe_ requirement if _for‐_
              _mat.use-share-safe=no_.  So  we  recommend   setting   both   this   value   and   _for‐_
              _mat.use-share-safe_ at the same time.

### use-share-safe.automatic-upgrade-of-mismatching-repositories:quiet

              Hide message when performing such automatic upgrade.

### usestore

              Enable or disable the "store" repository format which improves compatibility with sys‐
              tems  that  fold  case or otherwise mangle filenames. Disabling this option will allow
              you to store longer filenames in some situations at the expense of compatibility.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 0.9.4.

              Enabled by default.

### sparse-revlog

              Enable or disable the **sparse-revlog **delta strategy. This format improves delta  re-use
              inside  revlog.  For  very  branchy  repositories,  it results in a smaller store. For
              repositories with many revisions, it also helps performance (by using shortened  delta
              chains.)

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 4.7

              Enabled by default.

### revlog-compression

              Compression algorithm used by revlog. Supported values are _zlib_ and _zstd_. The _zlib_ en‐
              gine  is the historical default of Mercurial. _zstd_ is a newer format that is usually a
              net win over _zlib_, operating faster at better compression rates. Use  _zstd_  to  reduce
              CPU usage. Multiple values can be specified, the first available one will be used.

              On some systems, the Mercurial installation may lack _zstd_ support.

              Default is _zstd_ if available, _zlib_ otherwise.

### bookmarks-in-store

              Store  bookmarks  in  .hg/store/.  This  means that bookmarks are shared when using _hg_
              _share_ regardless of the _-B_ option.

              Repositories with this on-disk format require Mercurial version 5.1.

              Disabled by default.

### graph
       Web graph view configuration. This section let you change graph elements  display  properties
       by branches, for instance to make the **default **branch stand out.

       Each line has the following format:

       <branch>.<argument> = <value>

       where **<branch> **is the name of the branch being customized. Example:

       [graph]
       # 2px width
       default.width = 2
       # red color
       default.color = FF0000

       Supported arguments:

### width

              Set branch edges width in pixels.

### color

              Set branch edges color in hexadecimal RGB notation.

### hooks
       Commands  or  Python  functions  that  get  automatically executed by various actions such as
       starting or finishing a commit. Multiple hooks can be run for the same action by appending  a
       suffix  to  the action. Overriding a site-wide hook can be done by changing its value or set‐
       ting it to an empty string.  Hooks can be prioritized by adding a prefix of **priority. **to  the
       hook name on a new line and setting the priority. The default priority is 0.

       Example **.hg/hgrc**:

       [hooks]
       # update working directory after adding changesets
       changegroup.update = hg update
       # do not use the site-wide hook
       incoming =
       incoming.email = /my/email/hook
       incoming.autobuild = /my/build/hook
       # force autobuild hook to run before other incoming hooks
       priority.incoming.autobuild = 1
       ###  control HGPLAIN setting when running autobuild hook
       # HGPLAIN always set (default from Mercurial 5.7)
       incoming.autobuild:run-with-plain = yes
       # HGPLAIN never set
       incoming.autobuild:run-with-plain = no
       # HGPLAIN inherited from environment (default before Mercurial 5.7)
       incoming.autobuild:run-with-plain = auto

       Most  hooks  are  run with environment variables set that give useful additional information.
       For each hook below, the environment variables it is passed are listed with names in the form
       **$HG_foo**. The **$HG_HOOKTYPE **and **$HG_HOOKNAME **variables are set for all hooks.  They contain the
       type of hook which triggered the run and the full name of the hook  in  the  config,  respec‐
       tively.  In  the  example  above,  this will be **$HG_HOOKTYPE=incoming **and **$HG_HOOKNAME=incom‐**
       **ing.email**.

       Some basic Unix syntax can be enabled for portability, including **$VAR **and **${VAR} **style  vari‐
       ables.   A  **~  **followed  by  **\ **or **/ **will be expanded to **%USERPROFILE% **to simulate a subset of
       tilde expansion on Unix.  To use a literal **$ **or **~**, it must be escaped with a  back  slash  or
       inside of a strong quote.  Strong quotes will be replaced by double quotes after processing.

       This  feature  is enabled by adding a prefix of **tonative. **to the hook name on a new line, and
       setting it to **True**.  For example:

       [hooks]
       incoming.autobuild = /my/build/hook
       # enable translation to cmd.exe syntax for autobuild hook
       tonative.incoming.autobuild = True

### changegroup

              Run after a changegroup has been added via push, pull or  unbundle.   The  ID  of  the
              first  new  changeset is in **$HG_NODE **and last is in **$HG_NODE_LAST**.  The URL from which
              changes came is in **$HG_URL**.

### commit

              Run after a changeset has been created in the local repository. The ID  of  the  newly
              created changeset is in **$HG_NODE**. Parent changeset IDs are in **$HG_PARENT1 **and **$HG_PAR‐**
              **ENT2**.

### incoming

              Run after a changeset has been pulled, pushed, or unbundled into the local repository.
              The  ID  of the newly arrived changeset is in **$HG_NODE**. The URL that was source of the
              changes is in **$HG_URL**.

### outgoing

              Run after sending changes from the local  repository  to  another.  The  ID  of  first
              changeset  sent  is in **$HG_NODE**. The source of operation is in **$HG_SOURCE**. Also see **hg**
              **help config.hooks.preoutgoing**.

### post-<command>

              Run after successful invocations of the associated command. The contents of  the  com‐
              mand  line  are  passed  as **$HG_ARGS **and the result code in **$HG_RESULT**. Parsed command
              line arguments are passed as **$HG_PATS **and **$HG_OPTS**. These contain  string  representa‐
              tions  of  the python data internally passed to <command>. **$HG_OPTS **is a dictionary of
              options (with unspecified options set to their defaults).  **$HG_PATS **is a list of argu‐
              ments. Hook failure is ignored.

### fail-<command>

              Run after a failed invocation of an associated command. The contents  of  the  command
              line  are passed as **$HG_ARGS**. Parsed command line arguments are passed as **$HG_PATS **and
              **$HG_OPTS**. These contain string representations of the python data internally passed to
              <command>. **$HG_OPTS **is a dictionary of options (with unspecified options set to  their
              defaults). **$HG_PATS **is a list of arguments.  Hook failure is ignored.

### pre-<command>

              Run  before  executing  the  associated  command. The contents of the command line are
              passed as **$HG_ARGS**. Parsed command line arguments are passed as **$HG_PATS **and **$HG_OPTS**.
              These contain string representations of  the  data  internally  passed  to  <command>.
              **$HG_OPTS  **is a dictionary of options (with unspecified options set to their defaults).
              **$HG_PATS **is a list of arguments. If the hook returns failure, the command doesn't exe‐
              cute and Mercurial returns the failure code.

### prechangegroup

              Run before a changegroup is added via push, pull or unbundle. Exit status 0 allows the
              changegroup to proceed. A non-zero status will cause the push,  pull  or  unbundle  to
              fail. The URL from which changes will come is in **$HG_URL**.

### precommit

              Run  before  starting  a  local  commit. Exit status 0 allows the commit to proceed. A
              non-zero status will cause the commit to fail.  Parent changeset IDs are  in  **$HG_PAR‐**
              **ENT1 **and **$HG_PARENT2**.

### prelistkeys

              Run before listing pushkeys (like bookmarks) in the repository. A non-zero status will
              cause failure. The key namespace is in **$HG_NAMESPACE**.

### preoutgoing

              Run before collecting changes to send from the local repository to another. A non-zero
              status  will  cause  failure. This lets you prevent pull over HTTP or SSH. It can also
              prevent propagating commits (via local pull, push (outbound) or bundle commands),  but
              not  completely,  since you can just copy files instead. The source of operation is in
              **$HG_SOURCE**. If "serve", the operation is happening on behalf of a remote SSH  or  HTTP
              repository.  If  "push", "pull" or "bundle", the operation is happening on behalf of a
              repository on same system.

### prepushkey

              Run before a pushkey (like a bookmark) is added to the repository. A  non-zero  status
              will  cause  the key to be rejected. The key namespace is in **$HG_NAMESPACE**, the key is
              in **$HG_KEY**, the old value (if any) is in **$HG_OLD**, and the new value is in **$HG_NEW**.

### pretag

              Run before creating a tag. Exit status 0 allows the tag to be created. A non-zero sta‐
              tus will cause the tag to fail. The ID of the changeset to tag  is  in  **$HG_NODE**.  The
              name  of  tag  is in **$HG_TAG**. The tag is local if **$HG_LOCAL=1**, or in the repository if
              **$HG_LOCAL=0**.

### pretransmit-inline-clone-bundle

              Run before transferring an inline clonebundle to the peer.  If the exit status  is  0,
              the inline clonebundle will be allowed to be transferred. A non-zero status will cause
              the transfer to fail.  The path of the inline clonebundle is in **$HG_CLONEBUNDLEPATH**.

### pretxnopen

              Run before any new repository transaction is open. The reason for the transaction will
              be in **$HG_TXNNAME**, and a unique identifier for the transaction will be in **$HG_TXNID**. A
              non-zero status will prevent the transaction from being opened.

### pretxnclose

              Run  right before the transaction is actually finalized. Any repository change will be
              visible to the hook program. This lets you validate the transaction content or  change
              it.  Exit  status  0  allows  the  commit to proceed. A non-zero status will cause the
              transaction to be rolled back. The reason for  the  transaction  opening  will  be  in
              **$HG_TXNNAME**,  and  a  unique  identifier for the transaction will be in **$HG_TXNID**. The
              rest of the available data will vary according the transaction type.   Changes  unbun‐
              dled  to  the  repository  will  add  **$HG_URL **and **$HG_SOURCE**.  New changesets will add
              **$HG_NODE **(the ID of the first added changeset), **$HG_NODE_LAST  **(the  ID  of  the  last
              added  changeset).   Bookmark  and  phase  changes  will  set  **$HG_BOOKMARK_MOVED  **and
              **$HG_PHASES_MOVED **to **1 **respectively.  The number of new obsmarkers, if any, will be  in
              **$HG_NEW_OBSMARKERS**, etc.

### pretxnclose-bookmark

              Run  right  before a bookmark change is actually finalized. Any repository change will
              be visible to the hook program. This lets you  validate  the  transaction  content  or
              change  it.  Exit  status 0 allows the commit to proceed. A non-zero status will cause
              the transaction to be rolled back.  The name of the  bookmark  will  be  available  in
              **$HG_BOOKMARK**, the new bookmark location will be available in **$HG_NODE **while the previ‐
              ous  location  will  be  available  in  **$HG_OLDNODE**.  In  case  of a bookmark creation
              **$HG_OLDNODE **will be empty. In case of deletion **$HG_NODE **will be empty.   In  addition,
              the reason for the transaction opening will be in **$HG_TXNNAME**, and a unique identifier
              for the transaction will be in **$HG_TXNID**.

### pretxnclose-phase

              Run  right  before a phase change is actually finalized. Any repository change will be
              visible to the hook program. This lets you validate the transaction content or  change
              it.  Exit  status  0  allows  the commit to proceed.  A non-zero status will cause the
              transaction to be rolled back. The hook is called multiple times, once for each  revi‐
              sion  affected  by  a  phase  change.  The affected node is available in **$HG_NODE**, the
              phase in **$HG_PHASE **while the previous **$HG_OLDPHASE**. In case of new node,  **$HG_OLDPHASE**
              will  be  empty.   In  addition,  the  reason  for  the transaction opening will be in
              **$HG_TXNNAME**, and a unique identifier for the transaction will  be  in  **$HG_TXNID**.  The
              hook  is  also run for newly added revisions. In this case the **$HG_OLDPHASE **entry will
              be empty.

### txnclose

              Run after any repository transaction has been committed. At this point,  the  transac‐
              tion  can  no longer be rolled back. The hook will run after the lock is released. See
              **hg help config.hooks.pretxnclose **for details about available variables.

### txnclose-bookmark

              Run after any bookmark change has been committed. At this point, the  transaction  can
              no  longer  be  rolled back. The hook will run after the lock is released. See **hg help**
              **config.hooks.pretxnclose-bookmark **for details about available variables.

### txnclose-phase

              Run after any phase change has been committed. At this point, the transaction  can  no
              longer  be rolled back. The hook will run after the lock is released. See **hg help con‐**
              **fig.hooks.pretxnclose-phase **for details about available variables.

### txnabort

              Run when a transaction is aborted. See **hg  help  config.hooks.pretxnclose **for  details
              about available variables.

### pretxnchangegroup

              Run  after  a  changegroup  has  been added via push, pull or unbundle, but before the
              transaction has been committed. The changegroup is visible to the hook  program.  This
              allows  validation of incoming changes before accepting them.  The ID of the first new
              changeset is in **$HG_NODE **and last is in **$HG_NODE_LAST**. Exit status 0 allows the trans‐
              action to commit. A non-zero status will cause the transaction to be rolled back,  and
              the  push,  pull  or  unbundle will fail. The URL that was the source of changes is in
              **$HG_URL**.

### pretxncommit

              Run after a changeset has been created, but before the transaction is  committed.  The
              changeset is visible to the hook program. This allows validation of the commit message
              and  changes. Exit status 0 allows the commit to proceed. A non-zero status will cause
              the transaction to be rolled back. The ID of the new changeset  is  in  **$HG_NODE**.  The
              parent changeset IDs are in **$HG_PARENT1 **and **$HG_PARENT2**.

### preupdate

              Run before updating the working directory. Exit status 0 allows the update to proceed.
              A non-zero status will prevent the update.  The changeset ID of first new parent is in
              **$HG_PARENT1**. If updating to a merge, the ID of second new parent is in **$HG_PARENT2**.

### listkeys

              Run after listing pushkeys (like bookmarks) in the repository. The key namespace is in
              **$HG_NAMESPACE**. **$HG_VALUES **is a dictionary containing the keys and values.

### pushkey

              Run after a pushkey (like a bookmark) is added to the repository. The key namespace is
              in **$HG_NAMESPACE**, the key is in **$HG_KEY**, the old value (if any) is in **$HG_OLD**, and the
              new value is in **$HG_NEW**.

### tag

              Run  after  a tag is created. The ID of the tagged changeset is in **$HG_NODE**.  The name
              of tag is in **$HG_TAG**. The tag is local if **$HG_LOCAL=1**, or in the repository if **$HG_LO‐**
              **CAL=0**.

### update

              Run after updating the working directory. The changeset ID of first new parent  is  in
              **$HG_PARENT1**. If updating to a merge, the ID of second new parent is in **$HG_PARENT2**. If
              the  update  succeeded, **$HG_ERROR=0**. If the update failed (e.g. because conflicts were
              not resolved), **$HG_ERROR=1**.

       Note   It is generally better to use standard hooks rather than the generic  pre-  and  post-
              command hooks, as they are guaranteed to be called in the appropriate contexts for in‐
              fluencing transactions.  Also, hooks like "commit" will be called in all contexts that
              generate a commit (e.g. tag) and not just the commit command.

       Note   Environment  variables  with empty values may not be passed to hooks on platforms such
              as Windows. As an example, **$HG_PARENT2 **will have an empty value under Unix-like  plat‐
              forms for non-merge changesets, while it will not be available at all under Windows.

       The syntax for Python hooks is as follows:

       hookname = python:modulename.submodule.callable
       hookname = python:/path/to/python/module.py:callable

       Python  hooks  are  run within the Mercurial process. Each hook is called with at least three
       keyword arguments: a ui object (keyword **ui**), a repository object (keyword **repo**), and a  **hook‐**
       **type  **keyword that tells what kind of hook is used. Arguments listed as environment variables
       above are passed as keyword arguments, with no **HG_ **prefix, and names in lower case.

       If a Python hook returns a "true" value or raises an exception, this is treated as a failure.

### hostfingerprints
       (Deprecated. Use **[hostsecurity]**'s **fingerprints **options instead.)

       Fingerprints of the certificates of known HTTPS servers.

       A HTTPS connection to a server with a fingerprint configured here will only  succeed  if  the
       servers  certificate  matches  the  fingerprint.  This is very similar to how ssh known hosts
       works.

       The fingerprint is the SHA-1 hash value of the DER encoded certificate.  Multiple values  can
       be  specified  (separated  by  spaces or commas). This can be used to define both old and new
       fingerprints while a host transitions to a new certificate.

       The CA chain and web.cacerts is not used for servers with a fingerprint.

       For example:

       [hostfingerprints]
       hg.intevation.de = fc:e2:8d:d9:51:cd:cb:c1:4d:18:6b:b7:44:8d:49:72:57:e6:cd:33
       hg.intevation.org = fc:e2:8d:d9:51:cd:cb:c1:4d:18:6b:b7:44:8d:49:72:57:e6:cd:33

### hostsecurity
       Used to specify global and per-host security settings for connecting to other machines.

       The following options control default behavior for all hosts.

### ciphers

              Defines the cryptographic ciphers to use for connections.

              Value  must   be   a   valid   OpenSSL   Cipher   List   Format   as   documented   at
              <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/apps/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT>.

              This setting is for advanced users only. Setting to incorrect values can significantly
              lower connection security or decrease performance.  You have been warned.

              This option requires Python 2.7.

### minimumprotocol

              Defines the minimum channel encryption protocol to use.

              By default, the highest version of TLS supported by both client and server is used.

              Allowed values are: **tls1.0**, **tls1.1**, **tls1.2**.

              When  running  on  an old Python version, only **tls1.0 **is allowed since old versions of
              Python only support up to TLS 1.0.

              When running a Python that supports modern TLS versions, the default is **tls1.1**. **tls1.0**
              can still be used to allow TLS 1.0. However, this weakens security and should only  be
              used as a feature of last resort if a server does not support TLS 1.1+.

       Options  in the **[hostsecurity] **section can have the form **hostname**:**setting**. This allows multi‐
       ple settings to be defined on a per-host basis.

       The following per-host settings can be defined.

### ciphers

              This behaves like **ciphers **as described above except it only applies  to  the  host  on
              which it is defined.

### fingerprints

              A  list of hashes of the DER encoded peer/remote certificate. Values have the form **al‐**
              **gorithm**:**fingerprint**.                                                              e.g.
              **sha256:c3ab8ff13720e8ad9047dd39466b3c8974e592c2fa383d4a3960714caef0c4f2**.  In addition,
              colons (**:**) can appear in the fingerprint part.

              The following algorithms/prefixes are supported: **sha1**, **sha256**, **sha512**.

              Use of **sha256 **or **sha512 **is preferred.

              If a fingerprint is specified, the CA chain is not validated for this host and Mercur‐
              ial  will  require  the remote certificate to match one of the fingerprints specified.
              This means if the server updates its certificate, Mercurial will  abort  until  a  new
              fingerprint  is defined.  This can provide stronger security than traditional CA-based
              validation at the expense of convenience.

              This option takes precedence over **verifycertsfile**.

### minimumprotocol

              This behaves like **minimumprotocol **as described above except it  only  applies  to  the
              host on which it is defined.

### verifycertsfile

              Path to file a containing a list of PEM encoded certificates used to verify the server
              certificate. Environment variables and **~user **constructs are expanded in the filename.

              The  server  certificate  or the certificate's certificate authority (CA) must match a
              certificate from this file or certificate verification will fail  and  connections  to
              the server will be refused.

              If  defined, only certificates provided by this file will be used: **web.cacerts **and any
              system/default certificates will not be used.

              This option has no effect if the per-host **fingerprints **option is set.

              The format of the file is as follows:

              -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
              ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
              -----END CERTIFICATE-----
              -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
              ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
              -----END CERTIFICATE-----

       For example:

       [hostsecurity]
       hg.example.com:fingerprints = sha256:c3ab8ff13720e8ad9047dd39466b3c8974e592c2fa383d4a3960714caef0c4f2
       hg2.example.com:fingerprints = sha1:914f1aff87249c09b6859b88b1906d30756491ca, sha1:fc:e2:8d:d9:51:cd:cb:c1:4d:18:6b:b7:44:8d:49:72:57:e6:cd:33
       hg3.example.com:fingerprints = sha256:9a:b0:dc:e2:75:ad:8a:b7:84:58:e5:1f:07:32:f1:87:e6:bd:24:22:af:b7:ce:8e:9c:b4:10:cf:b9:f4:0e:d2
       foo.example.com:verifycertsfile = /etc/ssl/trusted-ca-certs.pem

       To change the default minimum protocol version to TLS 1.2 but to allow TLS 1.1 when  connect‐
       ing to **hg.example.com**:

       [hostsecurity]
       minimumprotocol = tls1.2
       hg.example.com:minimumprotocol = tls1.1

### 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".

       **no**

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

### passwd

              Optional. Password to authenticate with at the proxy server.

### user

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

### always

              Optional.  Always  use the proxy, even for localhost and any entries in **http_proxy.no**.
              (default: False)

### http
       Used to configure access to Mercurial repositories via HTTP.

### timeout

              If set, blocking operations will timeout after that many seconds.  (default: None)

### merge
       This section specifies behavior during merges and updates.

### checkignored

              Controls behavior when an ignored file on disk has the same name as a tracked file  in
              the  changeset  being  merged  or  updated to, and has different contents. Options are
              **abort**, **warn **and **ignore**. With **abort**, abort on such files. With **warn**, warn on such files
              and back them up as **.orig**. With **ignore**, don't print a warning  and  back  them  up  as
              **.orig**. (default: **abort**)

### checkunknown

              Controls  behavior  when  an  unknown  file  that isn't ignored has the same name as a
              tracked file in the changeset being merged or updated to, and has different  contents.
              Similar to **merge.checkignored**, except for files that are not ignored. (default: **abort**)

### on-failure

              When set to **continue **(the default), the merge process attempts to merge all unresolved
              files  using the merge chosen tool, regardless of whether previous file merge attempts
              during the process succeeded or not.  Setting this to **prompt  **will  prompt  after  any
              merge  failure continue or halt the merge process. Setting this to **halt **will automati‐
              cally halt the merge process on any merge tool  failure.  The  merge  process  can  be
              restarted by using the **resolve **command. When a merge is halted, the repository is left
              in a normal **unresolved **merge state.  (default: **continue**)

### strict-capability-check

              Whether  capabilities of internal merge tools are checked strictly or not, while exam‐
              ining rules to decide merge tool to be used.  (default: False)

### merge-patterns
       This section specifies merge tools to associate with particular file patterns. Tools  matched
       here  will take precedence over the default merge tool. Patterns are globs by default, rooted
       at the repository root.

       Example:

       [merge-patterns]
       **.c = kdiff3
       **.jpg = myimgmerge

### merge-tools
       This section configures external merge tools to use for file-level merges. This  section  has
       likely  been  preconfigured at install time.  Use **hg config merge-tools **to check the existing
       configuration.  Also see **hg help merge-tools **for more details.

       Example **~/.hgrc**:

       [merge-tools]
       # Override stock tool location
       kdiff3.executable = ~/bin/kdiff3
       # Specify command line
       kdiff3.args = $base $local $other -o $output
       # Give higher priority
       kdiff3.priority = 1

       # Changing the priority of preconfigured tool
       meld.priority = 0

       # Disable a preconfigured tool
       vimdiff.disabled = yes

       # Define new tool
       myHtmlTool.args = -m $local $other $base $output
       myHtmlTool.regkey = Software\FooSoftware\HtmlMerge
       myHtmlTool.priority = 1

       Supported arguments:

### priority

              The priority in which to evaluate this tool.  (default: 0)

### executable

              Either just the name of the executable or its pathname.

              On Windows, the path can use environment variables with ${ProgramFiles} syntax.

              (default: the tool name)

### args

              The arguments to pass to the tool executable. You can refer to the files being  merged
              as well as the output file through these variables: **$base**, **$local**, **$other**, **$output**.

              The  meaning  of  **$local  **and  **$other **can vary depending on which action is being per‐
              formed. During an update or merge, **$local **represents the original state of  the  file,
              while  **$other  **represents the commit you are updating to or the commit you are merging
              with. During a rebase, **$local **represents the destination of  the  rebase,  and  **$other**
              represents the commit being rebased.

              Some  operations define custom labels to assist with identifying the revisions, acces‐
              sible via **$labellocal**, **$labelother**, and **$labelbase**. If custom labels  are  not  avail‐
              able,  these  will  be  **local**,  **other**, and **base**, respectively.  (default: **$local $base**
              **$other**)

### premerge

              Attempt to run internal non-interactive 3-way merge  tool  before  launching  external
              tool.   Options  are **true**, **false**, **keep**, **keep-merge3**, or **keep-mergediff **(experimental).
              The **keep **option will leave markers in the file if the premerge fails. The  **keep-merge3**
              will  do  the  same  but include information about the base of the merge in the marker
              (see internal :merge3 in **hg help merge-tools**). The **keep-mergediff  **option  is  similar
              but  uses a different marker style (see internal :merge3 in **hg help merge-tools**). (de‐
              fault: True)

### binary

              This tool can merge binary files. (default: False, unless tool was  selected  by  file
              pattern match)

### symlink

              This tool can merge symlinks. (default: False)

### check

              A list of merge success-checking options:

              **changed**

                     Ask whether merge was successful when the merged file shows no changes.

              **conflicts**

                     Check whether there are conflicts even though the tool reported success.

              **prompt**

                     Always prompt for merge success, regardless of success reported by tool.

### fixeol

              Attempt to fix up EOL changes caused by the merge tool.  (default: False)

### gui

              This tool requires a graphical interface to run. (default: False)

### mergemarkers

              Controls  whether  the  labels passed via **$labellocal**, **$labelother**, and **$labelbase **are
              **detailed  **(respecting  **mergemarkertemplate**)  or  **basic**.  If  **premerge   **is   **keep   **or
              **keep-merge3**, the conflict markers generated during premerge will be **detailed **if either
              this  option  or  the corresponding option in the **[ui] **section is **detailed**.  (default:
              **basic**)

### mergemarkertemplate

              This setting can be used to override **mergemarker **from the **[command-templates]  **section
              on a per-tool basis; this applies to the **$label**-prefixed variables and to the conflict
              markers  that are generated if **premerge **is **keep` or ``keep-merge3**. See the correspond‐
              ing variable in **[ui] **for more information.

### regkey

              Windows registry key which describes install location of  this  tool.  Mercurial  will
              search  for  this key first under **HKEY_CURRENT_USER **and then under **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE**.
              (default: None)

### regkeyalt

              An alternate Windows registry key to try if the first key is not found.  The alternate
              key uses the same **regname **and **regappend **semantics of the primary key.  The most common
              use for this key is to search for 32bit applications on 64bit operating systems.  (de‐
              fault: None)

### regname

              Name of value to read from specified registry key.  (default:  the  unnamed  (default)
              value)

### regappend

              String to append to the value read from the registry, typically the executable name of
              the tool.  (default: None)

### pager
       Setting  used  to control when to paginate and with what external tool. See **hg help pager **for
       details.

### pager

              Define the external tool used as pager.

              If no pager is set, Mercurial  uses  the  environment  variable  $PAGER.   If  neither
              pager.pager,  nor  $PAGER is set, a default pager will be used, typically _less_ on Unix
              and _more_ on Windows. Example:

              [pager]
              pager = less -FRX

### ignore

              List of commands to disable the pager for. Example:

              [pager]
              ignore = version, help, update

### patch
       Settings used when applying patches, for instance through the 'import' command or with Mercu‐
       rial Queues extension.

### eol

              When set to 'strict' patch content and patched files end of lines are preserved.  When
              set  to  **lf  **or **crlf**, both files end of lines are ignored when patching and the result
              line endings are normalized to either LF (Unix) or CRLF (Windows). When set  to  **auto**,
              end  of  lines  are again ignored while patching but line endings in patched files are
              normalized to their original setting on a per-file basis. If target file does not  ex‐
              ist or has no end of line, patch line endings are preserved.  (default: strict)

### fuzz

              The  number  of lines of 'fuzz' to allow when applying patches. This controls how much
              context the patcher is allowed to ignore when trying to apply a patch.  (default: 2)

### paths
       Assigns symbolic names and behavior to repositories.

       Options are symbolic names defining the URL or directory that is the location of the  reposi‐
       tory. Example:

       [paths]
       my_server = <https://example.com/my_repo>
       local_path = /home/me/repo

       These  symbolic  names  can  be  used  from the command line. To pull from **my_server**: **hg pull**
       **my_server**. To push to **local_path**: **hg push local_path**. You can check **hg help urls **for  details
       about valid URLs.

       Options  containing  colons  (**:**) denote sub-options that can influence behavior for that spe‐
       cific path. Example:

       [paths]
       my_server = <https://example.com/my_path>
       my_server:pushurl = ssh://example.com/my_path

       Paths using the _path://otherpath_ scheme will inherit the sub-options value from the path they
       point to.

       The following sub-options can be defined:

### multi-urls

              A boolean option. When enabled the value of the _[paths]_ entry will be parsed as a list
              and the alias will resolve to multiple destination. If some of the list entry use  the
              _path://_ syntax, the suboption will be inherited individually.

### pushurl

              The URL to use for push operations. If not defined, the location defined by the path's
              main entry is used.

### pushrev

              A revset defining which revisions to push by default.

              When  **hg push **is executed without a **-r **argument, the revset defined by this sub-option
              is evaluated to determine what to push.

              For example, a value of **. **will push the working directory's revision by default.

              Revsets specifying bookmarks will not result in the bookmark being pushed.

### bookmarks.mode

              How bookmark will be dealt during the exchange. It support the following value

              • **default**: the default behavior, local and remote bookmarks are "merged" on push/pull.

              • **mirror**: when pulling, replace local bookmarks by remote bookmarks. This is useful to
                replicate a repository, or as an optimization.

              • **ignore**: ignore bookmarks during exchange.  (This currently only affect pulling)

       **pulled-delta-reuse-policy **Control the policy regarding  deltas  sent  by  the  remote  during
       pulls.

       This  is  an  advanced option that non-admin users should not need to understand or set. This
       option can be used to speed up pulls from trusted central servers, or to fix-up  deltas  from
       older servers.

       It supports the following values:

       • **default**: use the policy defined by _storage.revlog.reuse-external-delta-parent_,

       • **no-reuse**:  start a new optimal delta search for each new revision we add to the repository.
         The deltas from the server will be reused when the base it applies to is tested  (this  can
         be  frequent if that base is the one and unique parent of that revision). This can signifi‐
         cantly slowdown pulls but will result in an optimized storage space if the remote  peer  is
         sending poor quality deltas.

       • **try-base**:  try  to  reuse  the  deltas  from the remote peer as long as they create a valid
         delta-chain in the local repository. This speeds up the unbundling process, but can  result
         in sub-optimal storage space if the remote peer is sending poor quality deltas.

       • **forced**:  the  deltas  from  the  peer  will  be  reused in all cases, even if the resulting
         delta-chain is "invalid". This setting will ensure the bundle is  applied  at  minimal  CPU
         cost,  but  it  can result in longer delta chains being created on the client, making revi‐
         sions potentially slower to access in the future. If you think you need  this  option,  you
         should make sure you are also talking to the Mercurial developer community to get confirma‐
         tion.

       See  _hg_  _help_  _config.storage.revlog.reuse-external-delta-parent_ for a similar global option.
       That option defines the behavior of _default_.

       The following special named paths exist:

### default

              The URL or directory to use when no source or remote is specified.

              **hg clone **will automatically define this path to the location the repository was cloned
              from.

### default-push

              (deprecated) The URL or directory for the default **hg  push **location.   **default:pushurl**
              should be used instead.

### phases
       Specifies  default  handling of phases. See **hg help phases **for more information about working
       with phases.

### publish

              Controls draft phase behavior when working as a server. When true,  pushed  changesets
              are set to public in both client and server and pulled or cloned changesets are set to
              public in the client.  (default: True)

### new-commit

              Phase of newly-created commits.  (default: draft)

### checksubrepos

              Check the phase of the current revision of each subrepository. Allowed values are "ig‐
              nore",  "follow"  and "abort". For settings other than "ignore", the phase of the cur‐
              rent revision of each subrepository is checked before committing  the  parent  reposi‐
              tory.  If any of those phases is greater than the phase of the parent repository (e.g.
              if a subrepo is in a "secret" phase while the parent repo is in  "draft"  phase),  the
              commit  is  either aborted (if checksubrepos is set to "abort") or the higher phase is
              used for the parent repository commit (if set to "follow").  (default: follow)

### profiling
       Specifies profiling type, format, and file output. Two profilers are  supported:  an  instru‐
       menting profiler (named **ls**), and a sampling profiler (named **stat**).

       In  this  section description, 'profiling data' stands for the raw data collected during pro‐
       filing, while 'profiling report' stands for a statistical text report generated from the pro‐
       filing data.

### enabled

              Enable the profiler.  (default: false)

              This is equivalent to passing **--profile **on the command line.

### type

              The type of profiler to use.  (default: stat)

              **ls**

                     Use Python's built-in instrumenting profiler. This profiler works on all  plat‐
                     forms,  but  each  line number it reports is the first line of a function. This
                     restriction makes it difficult to identify the expensive parts of a non-trivial
                     function.

              **stat**

                     Use a statistical profiler, statprof. This profiler is most useful for  profil‐
                     ing commands that run for longer than about 0.1 seconds.

### format

              Profiling format.  Specific to the **ls **instrumenting profiler.  (default: text)

              **text**

                     Generate  a  profiling  report.  When saving to a file, it should be noted that
                     only the report is saved, and the profiling data is not kept.

              **kcachegrind**

                     Format profiling data for kcachegrind use: when saving to a file, the generated
                     file can directly be loaded into kcachegrind.

### statformat

              Profiling format for the **stat **profiler.  (default: hotpath)

              **hotpath**

                     Show a tree-based display containing the hot path of execution (where most time
                     was spent).

              **bymethod**

                     Show a table of methods ordered by how frequently they are active.

              **byline**

                     Show a table of lines in files ordered by how frequently they are active.

              **json**

                     Render profiling data as JSON.

### freq

              Sampling frequency.  Specific to the **stat **sampling profiler.  (default: 1000)

### output

              File path where profiling data or report should be saved. If the file  exists,  it  is
              replaced. (default: None, data is printed on stderr)

### sort

              Sort  field.   Specific  to the **ls **instrumenting profiler.  One of **callcount**, **reccall‐**
              **count**, **totaltime **and **inlinetime**.  (default: inlinetime)

### time-track

              Control if the stat profiler track **cpu **or **real **time.  (default: **cpu **on Windows, other‐
              wise **real**)

### limit

              Number of lines to show. Specific to the **ls **instrumenting profiler.  (default: 30)

### nested

              Show at most this number of lines of drill-down info after each main entry.  This  can
              help  explain the difference between Total and Inline.  Specific to the **ls **instrument‐
              ing profiler.  (default: 0)

### showmin

              Minimum fraction of samples an entry must have for it to be displayed.  Can be  speci‐
              fied  as  a float between **0.0 **and **1.0 **or can have a **% **afterwards to allow values up to
              **100**. e.g. **5%**.

              Only used by the **stat **profiler.

              For the **hotpath **format, default is **0.05**.  For the **chrome **format, default is **0.005**.

              The option is unused on other formats.

### showmax

              Maximum fraction of samples an entry can have before it is ignored in display.  Values
              format is the same as **showmin**.

              Only used by the **stat **profiler.

              For the **chrome **format, default is **0.999**.

              The option is unused on other formats.

### showtime

              Show  time  taken as absolute durations, in addition to percentages.  Only used by the
              **hotpath **format.  (default: true)

### progress
       Mercurial commands can draw progress bars that are as informative as possible. Some  progress
       bars only offer indeterminate information, while others have a definite end point.

### debug

              Whether to print debug info when updating the progress bar. (default: False)

### delay

              Number of seconds (float) before showing the progress bar. (default: 3)

### changedelay

              Minimum  delay  before  showing  a  new topic. When set to less than 3 * refresh, that
              value will be used instead. (default: 1)

### estimateinterval

              Maximum sampling interval in seconds for speed and estimated  time  calculation.  (de‐
              fault: 60)

### refresh

              Time in seconds between refreshes of the progress bar. (default: 0.1)

### format

              Format of the progress bar.

              Valid  entries for the format field are **topic**, **bar**, **number**, **unit**, **estimate**, **speed**, and
              **item**. **item **defaults to the last 20 characters of the item, but this can be changed  by
              adding either **-<num> **which would take the last num characters, or **+<num> **for the first
              num characters.

              (default: topic bar number estimate)

### width

              If set, the maximum width of the progress information (that is, min(width, term width)
              will be used).

### clear-complete

              Clear the progress bar after it's done. (default: True)

### disable

              If true, don't show a progress bar.

### assume-tty

              If true, ALWAYS show a progress bar, unless disable is given.

### rebase
### evolution.allowdivergence

              Default  to False, when True allow creating divergence when performing rebase of obso‐
              lete changesets.

### revsetalias
       Alias definitions for revsets. See **hg help revsets **for details.

### rewrite
### backup-bundle

              Whether to save stripped changesets to a bundle file. (default: True)

### update-timestamp

              If true, updates the date and time of the changeset to current. It is only  applicable
              for _hg_ _amend_, _hg_ _commit_ _--amend_ and _hg_ _uncommit_ in the current version.

### empty-successor

          Control  what  happens with empty successors that are the result of rewrite operations. If
          set to **skip**, the successor is not created. If set to **keep**, the empty successor is  created
          and kept.

          Currently,  only  the rebase and absorb commands consider this configuration.  (EXPERIMEN‐
          TAL)

### rhg
       The pure Rust fast-path for Mercurial. See _rust/README.rst_ in the Mercurial repository.

### fallback-executable

              Path to the executable to run in a sub-process when falling back to another  implemen‐
              tation of Mercurial.

### fallback-immediately

              Fall  back to **fallback-executable **as soon as possible, regardless of the _rhg.on-unsup‐_
              _ported_ configuration. Useful for debugging, for example to bypass _rhg_ if the deault _hg_
              points to _rhg_.

              Note that because this requires loading the configuration, it is possible that _rhg_ er‐
              ror out before being able to fall back.

### ignored-extensions

              Controls which extensions should be ignored by  _rhg_.  By  default,  _rhg_  triggers  the
              _rhg.on-unsupported_ behavior any unsupported extensions.  Users can disable that behav‐
              ior when they know that a given extension does not need support from _rhg_.

              Expects a list of extension names, or *** **to ignore all extensions.

              Note:  ***:<suboption> **is also a valid extension name for this configuration option.  As
              of this writing, the only valid "global" suboption is **required**.

### on-unsupported

              Controls the behavior of _rhg_ when detecting unsupported features.

              Possible values are _abort_ (default), _abort-silent_ and _fallback_.

              **abort**

                     Print an error message describing what feature is not supported, and exit  with
                     code 252

              **abort-silent**

                     Silently exit with code 252

              **fallback**

                     Try  running  the  fallback  executable with the same parameters (and trace the
                     fallback reason, use _RUST_LOG=trace_ to see).

### share
### safe-mismatch.source-safe

              Controls what happens when the shared repository does not use the share-safe mechanism
              but its source repository does.

              Possible values are _abort_ (default), _allow_, _upgrade-abort_ and _upgrade-allow_.

              **abort**

                     Disallows running any command and aborts

              **allow**

                     Respects the feature presence in the share source

              **upgrade-abort**

                     Tries to upgrade the share to use share-safe; if it fails, aborts

              **upgrade-allow**

                     Tries to upgrade the share; if it  fails,  continue  by  respecting  the  share
                     source setting

              Check **hg help config.format.use-share-safe **for details about the share-safe feature.

### safe-mismatch.source-safe:verbose-upgrade

              Display a message when upgrading, (default: True)

### safe-mismatch.source-safe.warn

              Shows  a  warning  on operations if the shared repository does not use share-safe, but
              the source repository does.  (default: True)

### safe-mismatch.source-not-safe

              Controls what happens when the shared repository uses the share-safe mechanism but its
              source does not.

              Possible values are _abort_ (default), _allow_, _downgrade-abort_ and _downgrade-allow_.

              **abort**

                     Disallows running any command and aborts

              **allow**

                     Respects the feature presence in the share source

              **downgrade-abort**

                     Tries to downgrade the share to not use share-safe; if it fails, aborts

              **downgrade-allow**

                     Tries to downgrade the share to not use share-safe; if it  fails,  continue  by
                     respecting the shared source setting

              Check **hg help config.format.use-share-safe **for details about the share-safe feature.

### safe-mismatch.source-not-safe:verbose-upgrade

              Display a message when upgrading, (default: True)

### safe-mismatch.source-not-safe.warn

              Shows a warning on operations if the shared repository uses share-safe, but the source
              repository does not.  (default: True)

### storage
       Control the strategy Mercurial uses internally to store history. Options in this category im‐
       pact performance and repository size.

### revlog.issue6528.fix-incoming

              Version  5.8  of  Mercurial  had a bug leading to altering the parent of file revision
              with copy information (or any other metadata) on exchange.  This  leads  to  the  copy
              metadata  to be overlooked by various internal logic. The issue was fixed in Mercurial
              5.8.1.  (See <https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6528> for details)

              As a result Mercurial is now checking and fixing incoming file revisions to make  sure
              there  parents  are  in the right order. This behavior can be disabled by setting this
              option to _no_. This apply to revisions added through push, pull, clone and unbundle.

              To fix affected revisions that already exist within the repository, one can use **hg de‐**
              **bug-repair-issue-6528**.

### revlog.delta-parent-search.candidate-group-chunk-size

              Tune the number of delta bases the storage  will  consider  in  the  same  "round"  of
              search. In some very rare cases, using a smaller value might result in faster process‐
              ing  at  the possible expense of storage space, while using larger values might result
              in slower processing at the possible benefit of storage space. A value of "0" means no
              limitation.

              default: no limitation

              This is unlikely that you'll have to tune this configuration. If  you  think  you  do,
              consider talking with the mercurial developer community about your repositories.

### revlog.optimize-delta-parent-choice

              When  storing  a merge revision, both parents will be equally considered as a possible
              delta base. This results in better delta selection and  improved  revlog  compression.
              This option is enabled by default.

              Turning this option off can result in large increase of repository size for repository
              with many merges.

### revlog.persistent-nodemap.mmap

              Whether to use the Operating System "memory mapping" feature (when possible) to access
              the persistent nodemap data. This improve performance and reduce memory pressure.

              Default to True.

              For  details  on the "persistent-nodemap" feature, see: **hg help config.format.use-per‐**
              **sistent-nodemap**.

### revlog.persistent-nodemap.slow-path

              Control the behavior of Merucrial when using a repository  with  "persistent"  nodemap
              with an installation of Mercurial without a fast implementation for the feature:

              **allow**:  Silently  use the slower implementation to access the repository.  **warn**: Warn,
              but use the slower implementation to access the repository.  **abort**: Prevent access  to
              such repositories. (This is the default)

              For  details  on the "persistent-nodemap" feature, see: **hg help config.format.use-per‐**
              **sistent-nodemap**.

### revlog.reuse-external-delta-parent

              Control the order in which delta parents are considered when adding new revisions from
              an external source.  (typically: apply bundle from _hg_ _pull_ or _hg_ _push_).

              New revisions are usually provided as a delta against  other  revisions.  By  default,
              Mercurial  will try to reuse this delta first, therefore using the same "delta parent"
              as the source. Directly using delta's from the source reduces CPU  usage  and  usually
              speeds  up  operation.  However, in some case, the source might have sub-optimal delta
              bases and forcing their reevaluation is useful. For example, pushes from an old client
              could have sub-optimal delta's parent that the server want to optimize. (lack of  gen‐
              eral delta, bad parents, choice, lack of sparse-revlog, etc).

              This option is enabled by default. Turning it off will ensure bad delta parent choices
              from older client do not propagate to this repository, at the cost of a small increase
              in CPU consumption.

              Note:  this option only control the order in which delta parents are considered.  Even
              when disabled, the existing delta from the source will be reused  if  the  same  delta
              parent is selected.

### revlog.reuse-external-delta

              Control  the  reuse  of  delta from external source.  (typically: apply bundle from _hg_
              _pull_ or _hg_ _push_).

              New revisions are usually provided as a delta against another  revision.  By  default,
              Mercurial  will  not  recompute  the  same  delta  again, trusting externally provided
              deltas. There have been rare cases of small adjustment to the diffing algorithm in the
              past. So in some rare case, recomputing delta provided by ancient clients can provides
              better results. Disabling this option means going through a full  delta  recomputation
              for all incoming revisions. It means a large increase in CPU usage and will slow oper‐
              ations down.

              This  option  is enabled by default. When disabled, it also disables the related **stor‐**
              **age.revlog.reuse-external-delta-parent **option.

### revlog.zlib.level

              Zlib compression level used when storing data  into  the  repository.  Accepted  Value
              range from 1 (lowest compression) to 9 (highest compression). Zlib default value is 6.

### revlog.zstd.level

              zstd  compression  level  used  when  storing data into the repository. Accepted Value
              range from 1 (lowest compression) to 22 (highest compression).  (default 3)

### server
       Controls generic server settings.

### bookmarks-pushkey-compat

              Trigger pushkey hook when being pushed bookmark updates. This config exist for compat‐
              ibility purpose (default to True)

              If you use **pushkey **and **pre-pushkey **hooks to control bookmark movement we recommend you
              migrate them to **txnclose-bookmark **and **pretxnclose-bookmark**.

### compressionengines

              List of compression engines and their relative priority to advertise to clients.

              The order of compression engines determines their priority, the first having the high‐
              est priority. If a compression engine is not listed here, it won't  be  advertised  to
              clients.

              If  not  set  (the  default),  built-in defaults are used. Run **hg debuginstall **to list
              available compression engines and their default wire protocol priority.

              Older Mercurial clients only support zlib compression and this setting has  no  effect
              for legacy clients.

### uncompressed

              Whether to allow clients to clone a repository using the uncompressed streaming proto‐
              col. This transfers about 40% more data than a regular clone, but uses less memory and
              CPU  on both server and client. Over a LAN (100 Mbps or better) or a very fast WAN, an
              uncompressed streaming clone is a lot faster (~10x) than a regular  clone.  Over  most
              WAN connections (anything slower than about 6 Mbps), uncompressed streaming is slower,
              because  of the extra data transfer overhead. This mode will also temporarily hold the
              write lock while determining what data to transfer.  (default: True)

### uncompressedallowsecret

              Whether to allow stream clones when the repository contains  secret  changesets.  (de‐
              fault: False)

### preferuncompressed

              When  set,  clients  will  try  to  use the uncompressed streaming protocol. (default:
              False)

### disablefullbundle

              When set, servers will refuse attempts to do pull-based clones.   If  this  option  is
              set,  **preferuncompressed  **and/or  clone bundles are highly recommended. Partial clones
              will still be allowed.  (default: False)

### streamunbundle

              When set, servers will apply data sent from the client directly, otherwise it will  be
              written to a temporary file first. This option effectively prevents concurrent pushes.

### pullbundle

              When  set,  the  server  will  check pullbundles.manifest for bundles covering the re‐
              quested heads and common nodes. The first matching  entry  will  be  streamed  to  the
              client.

              For HTTP transport, the stream will still use zlib compression for older clients.

### concurrent-push-mode

              Level of allowed race condition between two pushing clients.

              • 'strict':  push is abort if another client touched the repository while the push was
                preparing.

              • 'check-related': push is only aborted if it affects  head  that  got  also  affected
                while the push was preparing. (default since 5.4)

              'check-related'  only  takes  effect  for  compatible clients (version 4.3 and later).
              Older clients will use 'strict'.

### validate

              Whether to validate the completeness of pushed changesets by  checking  that  all  new
              file revisions specified in manifests are present. (default: False)

### maxhttpheaderlen

              Instruct  HTTP  clients  not to send request headers longer than this many bytes. (de‐
              fault: 1024)

### bundle1

              Whether to allow clients to push and pull using the legacy  bundle1  exchange  format.
              (default: True)

### bundle1gd

              Like **bundle1 **but only used if the repository is using the _generaldelta_ storage format.
              (default: True)

### bundle1.push

              Whether  to  allow clients to push using the legacy bundle1 exchange format. (default:
              True)

### bundle1gd.push

              Like **bundle1.push **but only used if the repository is using  the  _generaldelta_  storage
              format. (default: True)

### bundle1.pull

              Whether  to  allow clients to pull using the legacy bundle1 exchange format. (default:
              True)

### bundle1gd.pull

              Like **bundle1.pull **but only used if the repository is using  the  _generaldelta_  storage
              format. (default: True)

              Large  repositories using the _generaldelta_ storage format should consider setting this
              option because converting _generaldelta_ repositories to the exchange format required by
              the bundle1 data format can consume a lot of CPU.

### bundle2.stream

              Whether to allow clients to pull using  the  bundle2  streaming  protocol.   (default:
              True)

### zliblevel

              Integer  between  **-1  **and **9 **that controls the zlib compression level for wire protocol
              commands that send zlib compressed output (notably the commands that  send  repository
              history data).

              The  default  (**-1**) uses the default zlib compression level, which is likely equivalent
              to **6**. **0 **means no compression. **9 **means maximum compression.

              Setting this option allows server operators to make trade-offs between  bandwidth  and
              CPU  used.  Lowering  the  compression  lowers CPU utilization but sends more bytes to
              clients.

              This option only impacts the HTTP server.

### zstdlevel

              Integer between **1 **and **22 **that controls the zstd compression level  for  wire  protocol
              commands.  **1 **is the minimal amount of compression and **22 **is the highest amount of com‐
              pression.

              The default (**3**) should be significantly faster than zlib while likely delivering  bet‐
              ter compression ratios.

              This option only impacts the HTTP server.

              See also **server.zliblevel**.

### view

              Repository filter used when exchanging revisions with the peer.

              The default view (**served**) excludes secret and hidden changesets.  Another useful value
              is **immutable **(no draft, secret or hidden changesets). (EXPERIMENTAL)

### smtp
       Configuration for extensions that need to send email messages.

### host

              Host name of mail server, e.g. "mail.example.com".

### port

              Optional.  Port to connect to on mail server. (default: 465 if **tls **is smtps; 25 other‐
              wise)

### tls

              Optional. Method to enable TLS when connecting to  mail  server:  starttls,  smtps  or
              none. (default: none)

### username

              Optional. User name for authenticating with the SMTP server.  (default: None)

### password

              Optional. Password for authenticating with the SMTP server. If not specified, interac‐
              tive sessions will prompt the user for a password; non-interactive sessions will fail.
              (default: None)

### local_hostname

              Optional. The hostname that the sender can use to identify itself to the MTA.

### subpaths
       Subrepository source URLs can go stale if a remote server changes name or becomes temporarily
       unavailable. This section lets you define rewrite rules of the form:

       <pattern> = <replacement>

       where  **pattern **is a regular expression matching a subrepository source URL and **replacement **is
       the replacement string used to rewrite it. Groups can be matched in **pattern **and referenced in
       **replacements**. For instance:

       <http://server/>(.*)-hg/ = <http://hg.server/>\1/

       rewrites **<http://server/foo-hg/> **into **<http://hg.server/foo/>**.

       Relative subrepository paths are first made absolute, and the rewrite rules are then  applied
       on  the  full  (absolute) path. If **pattern **doesn't match the full path, an attempt is made to
       apply it on the relative path alone. The rules are applied in definition order.

### subrepos
       This section contains options that control the behavior of the subrepositories  feature.  See
       also **hg help subrepos**.

       Security  note:  auditing in Mercurial is known to be insufficient to prevent clone-time code
       execution with carefully constructed Git subrepos. It is  unknown  if  a  similar  detect  is
       present  in Subversion subrepos. Both Git and Subversion subrepos are disabled by default out
       of security concerns. These subrepo types can be enabled using the respective options below.

### allowed

              Whether subrepositories are allowed in the working directory.

              When false, commands involving subrepositories (like **hg update**) will fail for all sub‐
              repository types.  (default: true)

### hg:allowed

              Whether Mercurial subrepositories are allowed in the working  directory.  This  option
              only has an effect if **subrepos.allowed **is true.  (default: true)

### git:allowed

              Whether  Git  subrepositories  are allowed in the working directory.  This option only
              has an effect if **subrepos.allowed **is true.

              See the security note above before enabling Git subrepos.  (default: false)

### svn:allowed

              Whether Subversion subrepositories are allowed in the working directory.  This  option
              only has an effect if **subrepos.allowed **is true.

              See the security note above before enabling Subversion subrepos.  (default: false)

### templatealias
       Alias definitions for templates. See **hg help templates **for details.

### templates
       Use the **[templates] **section to define template strings.  See **hg help templates **for details.

### trusted
       Mercurial  will not use the settings in the **.hg/hgrc **file from a repository if it doesn't be‐
       long to a trusted user or to a trusted group, as various hgrc features allow  arbitrary  com‐
       mands  to  be  run.  This issue is often encountered when configuring hooks or extensions for
       shared repositories or servers. However, the web interface will use some safe  settings  from
       the **[web] **section.

       This section specifies what users and groups are trusted. The current user is always trusted.
       To  trust  everybody, list a user or a group with name *****. These settings must be placed in an
       _already-trusted_ _file_ to take effect, such as **$HOME/.hgrc **of the user or service running  Mer‐
       curial.

### users

              Comma-separated list of trusted users.

### groups

              Comma-separated list of trusted groups.

   **ui**
       User interface controls.

### archivemeta

              Whether  to  include  the  .hg_archival.txt  file containing meta data (hashes for the
              repository base and for tip) in archives created by the **hg  archive **command  or  down‐
              loaded via hgweb.  (default: True)

### askusername

              Whether  to  prompt  for  a username when committing. If True, and neither **$HGUSER **nor
              **$EMAIL **has been specified, then the user will be prompted to enter a username.  If  no
              username is entered, the default **USER@HOST **is used instead.  (default: False)

### clonebundles

              Whether the "clone bundles" feature is enabled.

              When  enabled,  **hg clone **may download and apply a server-advertised bundle file from a
              URL instead of using the normal exchange mechanism.

              This can likely result in faster and more reliable clones.

              (default: True)

### clonebundlefallback

              Whether failure to apply an advertised "clone bundle" from a server should  result  in
              fallback to a regular clone.

              This is disabled by default because servers advertising "clone bundles" often do so to
              reduce server load. If advertised bundles start mass failing and clients automatically
              fall  back  to  a regular clone, this would add significant and unexpected load to the
              server since the server is expecting clone operations to be offloaded to pre-generated
              bundles. Failing fast (the default  behavior)  ensures  clients  don't  overwhelm  the
              server when "clone bundle" application fails.

              (default: False)

### clonebundleprefers

              Defines preferences for which "clone bundles" to use.

              Servers  advertising  "clone  bundles"  may advertise multiple available bundles. Each
              bundle may have different attributes, such as the bundle type and compression  format.
              This option is used to prefer a particular bundle over another.

              The following keys are defined by Mercurial:

              **BUNDLESPEC**
                     A  bundle  type  specifier.  These  are  strings  passed to **hg bundle -t**.  e.g.
                     **gzip-v2 **or **bzip2-v1**.

              **COMPRESSION**
                     The compression format of the bundle. e.g. **gzip **and **bzip2**.

              Server operators may define custom keys.

              Example values: **COMPRESSION=bzip2**, **BUNDLESPEC=gzip-v2, COMPRESSION=gzip**.

              By default, the first bundle advertised by the server is used.

### color

              When to colorize output. Possible value are Boolean ("yes" or "no"),  or  "debug",  or
              "always".  (default:  "yes").  "yes" will use color whenever it seems possible. See **hg**
              **help color **for details.

### commitsubrepos

              Whether to commit modified subrepositories when committing the parent  repository.  If
              False  and  one  subrepository  has  uncommitted changes, abort the commit.  (default:
              False)

### debug

              Print debugging information. (default: False)

### editor

              The editor to use during a commit. (default: **$EDITOR **or **vi**)

### fallbackencoding

              Encoding to try if it's not possible to decode the changelog  using  UTF-8.  (default:
              ISO-8859-1)

### graphnodetemplate

              (DEPRECATED) Use **command-templates.graphnode **instead.

### ignore

              A  file  to read per-user ignore patterns from. This file should be in the same format
              as a repository-wide .hgignore file. Filenames are relative to  the  repository  root.
              This option supports hook syntax, so if you want to specify multiple ignore files, you
              can  do  so  by setting something like **ignore.other = ~/.hgignore2**. For details of the
              ignore file format, see the [**hgignore(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/hgignore/5/markdown) **man page.

### interactive

              Allow to prompt the user. (default: True)

### interface

              Select the default interface for interactive features (default: text).  Possible  val‐
              ues are 'text' and 'curses'.

### interface.chunkselector

              Select  the  interface  for change recording (e.g. **hg commit -i**).  Possible values are
              'text' and 'curses'.  This config overrides the interface specified by ui.interface.

### large-file-limit

              Largest file size that gives no memory use warning.  Possible values are integers or 0
              to disable the check.  Value is expressed in bytes by default, one  can  use  standard
              units for convenience (e.g. 10MB, 0.1GB, etc) (default: 10MB)

### logtemplate

              (DEPRECATED) Use **command-templates.log **instead.

### merge

              The conflict resolution program to use during a manual merge.  For more information on
              merge   tools   see  **hg  help  merge-tools**.   For  configuring  merge  tools  see  the
              **[merge-tools] **section.

### mergemarkers

              Sets the merge conflict marker label styling. The **detailed **style uses the **command-tem‐**
              **plates.mergemarker **setting to style the labels.  The **basic **style just uses 'local' and
              'other' as the marker label.  One of **basic **or **detailed**.  (default: **basic**)

### mergemarkertemplate

              (DEPRECATED) Use **command-templates.mergemarker **instead.

### message-output

              Where to write status and error messages. (default: **stdio**)

              **channel**

                     Use separate channel for structured output. (Command-server only)

              **stderr**

                     Everything to stderr.

              **stdio**

                     Status to stdout, and error to stderr.

### origbackuppath

              The path to a directory used to store generated .orig files. If the path is not a  di‐
              rectory,  one  will  be created.  If set, files stored in this directory have the same
              name as the original file and do not have a .orig suffix.

### paginate

              Control the pagination of command output (default: True). See **hg  help  pager **for  de‐
              tails.

### patch

              An  optional  external  tool  that **hg import **and some extensions will use for applying
              patches. By default Mercurial uses an internal patch utility. The external  tool  must
              work  as the common Unix **patch **program. In particular, it must accept a **-p **argument to
              strip patch headers, a **-d **argument to specify the current directory, a  file  name  to
              patch, and a patch file to take from stdin.

              It  is  possible  to  specify a patch tool together with extra arguments. For example,
              setting this option to **patch --merge **will use the **patch **program with its  2-way  merge
              option.

### portablefilenames

              Check for portable filenames. Can be **warn**, **ignore **or **abort**.  (default: **warn**)

              **warn**

                     Print a warning message on POSIX platforms, if a file with a non-portable file‐
                     name is added (e.g. a file with a name that can't be created on Windows because
                     it contains reserved parts like **AUX**, reserved characters like **:**, or would cause
                     a case collision with an existing file).

              **ignore**

                     Don't print a warning.

              **abort**

                     The command is aborted.

              **true**

                     Alias for **warn**.

              **false**

                     Alias for **ignore**.

              On Windows, this configuration option is ignored and the command aborted.

### pre-merge-tool-output-template

              (DEPRECATED) Use **command-template.pre-merge-tool-output **instead.

### quiet

              Reduce the amount of output printed.  (default: False)

### relative-paths

              Prefer relative paths in the UI.

### remotecmd

              Remote command to use for clone/push/pull operations.  (default: **hg**)

### report_untrusted

              Warn  if a **.hg/hgrc **file is ignored due to not being owned by a trusted user or group.
              (default: True)

### slash

              (Deprecated. Use **slashpath **template filter instead.)

              Display paths using a slash (**/**) as the path separator. This only makes a difference on
              systems where the default path separator is not the slash character (e.g. Windows uses
              the backslash character (**\**)).  (default: False)

### statuscopies

              Display copies in the status command.

### ssh

              Command to use for SSH connections. (default: **ssh**)

### ssherrorhint

              A hint shown to the user in the case of SSH error (e.g.  **Please see <http://company/in>‐**
              **ternalwiki/ssh.html**)

### strict

              Require exact command names, instead of allowing unambiguous abbreviations.  (default:
              False)

### style

              Name of style to use for command output.

### supportcontact

              A URL where users should report a Mercurial traceback. Use this if you are a large or‐
              ganisation  with  its own Mercurial deployment process and crash reports should be ad‐
              dressed to your internal support.

### textwidth

              Maximum width of help text. A longer line generated by **hg help **or **hg subcommand --help**
              will be broken after white space to get this width or the  terminal  width,  whichever
              comes  first.   A  non-positive value will disable this and the terminal width will be
              used. (default: 78)

### timeout

              The timeout used when a lock is held (in seconds), a negative value means no  timeout.
              (default: 600)

### timeout.warn

              Time  (in seconds) before a warning is printed about held lock. A negative value means
              no warning. (default: 0)

### traceback

              Mercurial always prints a traceback when an unknown exception occurs. Setting this  to
              True will make Mercurial print a traceback on all exceptions, even those recognized by
              Mercurial (such as IOError or MemoryError). (default: False)

### tweakdefaults

          By default Mercurial's behavior changes very little from release to release, but over time
          the  recommended  config  settings  shift.  Enable  this config to opt in to get automatic
          tweaks to Mercurial's behavior over time. This config setting will have no effect  if  **HG‐**
          **PLAIN **is set or **HGPLAINEXCEPT **is set and does not include **tweakdefaults**. (default: False)

          It currently means:

          [ui]
          # The rollback command is dangerous. As a rule, don't use it.
          rollback = False
          # Make `hg status` report copy information
          statuscopies = yes
          # Prefer curses UIs when available. Revert to plain-text with `text`.
          interface = curses
          # Make compatible commands emit cwd-relative paths by default.
          relative-paths = yes

          [commands]
          # Grep working directory by default.
          grep.all-files = True
          # Refuse to perform an `hg update` that would cause a file content merge
          update.check = noconflict
          # Show conflicts information in `hg status`
          status.verbose = True
          # Make `hg resolve` with no action (like `-m`) fail instead of re-merging.
          resolve.explicit-re-merge = True

          [diff]
          git = 1
          showfunc = 1
          word-diff = 1

### 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>>**. Environment variables in the
              username are expanded.

              (default: **$EMAIL **or **username@hostname**. If the username in hgrc is empty, e.g.  if  the
              system  admin set **username = **in the system hgrc, it has to be specified manually or in
              a different hgrc file)

### verbose

              Increase the amount of output printed. (default: False)

### usage
### repository-role

              What this repository is used for.

              This is used to adjust behavior and performance to best fit the repository purpose.

              Currently recognised values are:

              • **default**: an all purpose repository

### resources

              How aggressive Mercurial can be with resource usage:

              Currently recognised values are:

              • **default**: the default value currently is equivalent to medium,

              • **high**: allows for higher cpu, memory and disk-space usage to improve  performance  of
                some operations.

              • **medium**: aims at a moderate resource usage,

              • **low**: reduces resources usage when possible, decreasing overall performance.

              For  finer  configuration,  see also _usage.resources.cpu_, _usage.resources.disk_ and _us‐_
              _age.resources.memory_.

### resources.cpu

              How aggressive Mercurial can be in terms of cpu usage:

              Currently recognised values are:

              • **default**: the default value, inherits the value from _usage.resources_,

              • **high**: allows for more aggressive cpu usage, improving storage quality and  the  per‐
                formance of some operations at the expense of machine load

              • _medium_:  aims at a moderate cpu usage,

              • _low_:   reduces  cpu usage when possible, potentially at the expense of slower opera‐
                tions, increased storage and exchange payload.

### resources.disk

              How aggressive Mercurial can be in terms of disk usage:

              Currently recognised values are:: - **default**: the default  value,  inherits  the  value
              from _usage.resources_,

              • **high**: allows for more disk space usage where it can improve performance,

              • **medium**:  aims at a moderate disk usage,

              • **low**:  reduces disk usage when possible, decreasing performance in some occasion.

### resources.memory

              How aggressive Mercurial can be in terms of memory usage:

              Currently recognised values are:

              - ``default``: the default value, inherits the value from `usage.resources`,

              • **high**: allows for more aggressive memory usage to improve overall performance,

              • **medium**:  aims at a moderate memory usage,

              • **low**: reduces memory usage when possible at the cost of overall performance.

### command-templates
       Templates used for customizing the output of commands.

### graphnode

              The  template  used  to  print  changeset nodes in an ASCII revision graph.  (default:
              **{graphnode}**)

### log

              Template string for commands that print changesets.

### mergemarker

              The template used to print the commit description next to each conflict marker  during
              merge conflicts. See **hg help templates **for the template format.

              Defaults to showing the hash, tags, branches, bookmarks, author, and the first line of
              the commit description.

              If  you  use  non-ASCII  characters  in  names for tags, branches, bookmarks, authors,
              and/or commit descriptions, you must pay attention to encodings of managed  files.  At
              template  expansion, non-ASCII characters use the encoding specified by the **--encoding**
              global option, **HGENCODING **or other environment variables that govern your  locale.  If
              the  encoding of the merge markers is different from the encoding of the merged files,
              serious problems may occur.

              Can be overridden per-merge-tool, see the **[merge-tools] **section.

### oneline-summary

              A template used by _hg_ _rebase_ and other commands for showing a one-line  summary  of  a
              commit.  If  the template configured here is longer than one line, then only the first
              line is used.

              The template can be overridden per command by  defining  a  template  in  _oneline-sum‐_
              _mary.<command>_, where _<command>_ can be e.g. "rebase".

### pre-merge-tool-output

              A  template  that is printed before executing an external merge tool. This can be used
              to print out additional context that might be useful to have during the conflict reso‐
              lution, such as the description of the various commits involved or bookmarks/tags.

              Additional information is available in the **local`, ``base**, and **other **dicts. For  exam‐
              ple: **{local.label}**, **{base.name}**, or **{other.islink}**.

### web
       Web interface configuration. The settings in this section apply to both the builtin webserver
       (started  by  **hg serve**) and the script you run through a webserver (**hgweb.cgi **and the deriva‐
       tives for FastCGI and WSGI).

       The Mercurial webserver does no authentication (it does not prompt for  usernames  and  pass‐
       words  to  validate  _who_ users are), but it does do authorization (it grants or denies access
       for _authenticated_ _users_ based on settings in this section). You must  either  configure  your
       webserver to do authentication for you, or disable the authorization checks.

       For  a quick setup in a trusted environment, e.g., a private LAN, where you want it to accept
       pushes from anybody, you can use the following command line:

       $ hg --config web.allow-push=* --config web.push_ssl=False serve

       Note that this will allow anybody to push anything to the server and that this should not  be
       used for public servers.

       The full set of options is:

### accesslog

              Where to output the access log. (default: stdout)

### address

              Interface address to bind to. (default: all)

### allow-archive

              List of archive format (bz2, gz, zip) allowed for downloading.  (default: empty)

### allowbz2

              (DEPRECATED) Whether to allow .tar.bz2 downloading of repository revisions.  (default:
              False)

### allowgz

              (DEPRECATED)  Whether to allow .tar.gz downloading of repository revisions.  (default:
              False)

### allow-pull

              Whether to allow pulling from the repository. (default: True)

### allow-push

              Whether to allow pushing to the repository. If empty or not set, pushing  is  not  al‐
              lowed.  If  the  special  value *****, any remote user can push, including unauthenticated
              users. Otherwise, the remote user must have been authenticated, and the  authenticated
              user  name must be present in this list. The contents of the allow-push list are exam‐
              ined after the deny_push list.

### allow_read

              If the user has not already been denied repository  access  due  to  the  contents  of
              deny_read,  this  list  determines  whether to grant repository access to the user. If
              this list is not empty, and the user is unauthenticated or not present  in  the  list,
              then  access  is  denied for the user. If the list is empty or not set, then access is
              permitted to all users by default. Setting allow_read to the special value *** **is equiv‐
              alent to it not being set (i.e. access is permitted to all users). The contents of the
              allow_read list are examined after the deny_read list.

### allowzip

              (DEPRECATED) Whether to allow .zip downloading of repository revisions.  This  feature
              creates temporary files.  (default: False)

### archivesubrepos

              Whether to recurse into subrepositories when archiving.  (default: False)

### baseurl

              Base  URL  to  use  when publishing URLs in other locations, so third-party tools like
              email notification hooks can construct URLs. Example: **<http://hgserver/repos/>**.

### cacerts

              Path to file containing a list of PEM encoded certificate authority certificates.  En‐
              vironment variables and **~user **constructs are expanded in the filename. If specified on
              the  client,  then it will verify the identity of remote HTTPS servers with these cer‐
              tificates.

              To disable SSL verification temporarily, specify **--insecure **from command line.

              You can use OpenSSL's CA certificate file if your platform has one. On most Linux sys‐
              tems this will be **/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt**. Otherwise you will have to  gen‐
              erate this file manually. The form must be as follows:

              -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
              ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
              -----END CERTIFICATE-----
              -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
              ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
              -----END CERTIFICATE-----

### cache

              Whether to support caching in hgweb. (default: True)

### certificate

              Certificate to use when running **hg serve**.

### collapse

              With  **descend  **enabled,  repositories  in  subdirectories  are shown at a single level
              alongside repositories in the current path. With **collapse **also  enabled,  repositories
              residing  at  a deeper level than the current path are grouped behind navigable direc‐
              tory entries that lead to the locations of these repositories. In effect, this setting
              collapses each collection of repositories found within a subdirectory  into  a  single
              entry for that subdirectory. (default: False)

### comparisoncontext

              Number of lines of context to show in side-by-side file comparison. If negative or the
              value **full**, whole files are shown. (default: 5)

              This  setting  can be overridden by a **context **request parameter to the **comparison **com‐
              mand, taking the same values.

### contact

              Name or email address of the person in charge of the repository.   (default:  ui.user‐
              name or **$EMAIL **or "unknown" if unset or empty)

### csp

              Send a **Content-Security-Policy **HTTP header with this value.

              The  value  may  contain  a  special  string **%nonce%**, which will be replaced by a ran‐
              domly-generated one-time use value. If the value contains **%nonce%**, **web.cache  **will  be
              disabled,  as  caching  undermines the one-time property of the nonce. This nonce will
              also be inserted into **<script> **elements containing inline JavaScript.

              Note: lots of HTML content sent by the server is derived from repository data.  Please
              consider the potential for malicious repository data to "inject" itself into generated
              HTML content as part of your security threat model.

### deny_push

              Whether to deny pushing to the repository. If empty or not set, push is not denied. If
              the  special  value  *****,  all  remote users are denied push. Otherwise, unauthenticated
              users are all denied, and any authenticated user name present in this list is also de‐
              nied. The contents of the deny_push list are examined before the allow-push list.

### deny_read

              Whether to deny reading/viewing of the repository. If this list is  not  empty,  unau‐
              thenticated users are all denied, and any authenticated user name present in this list
              is  also  denied  access  to the repository. If set to the special value *****, all remote
              users are denied access (rarely needed ;). If deny_read is empty or not set,  the  de‐
              termination of repository access depends on the presence and content of the allow_read
              list  (see  description).  If both deny_read and allow_read are empty or not set, then
              access is permitted to all users by default. If the repository is being served via hg‐
              webdir, denied users will not be able to see it in the list of repositories. The  con‐
              tents  of  the deny_read list have priority over (are examined before) the contents of
              the allow_read list.

### descend

              hgwebdir indexes will not descend into subdirectories. Only repositories  directly  in
              the  current path will be shown (other repositories are still available from the index
              corresponding to their containing path).

### description

              Textual description of the repository's purpose or contents.  (default: "unknown")

### encoding

              Character encoding name. (default: the current locale charset) Example: "UTF-8".

### errorlog

              Where to output the error log. (default: stderr)

### guessmime

              Control MIME types for raw download of file content.  Set to True to let  hgweb  guess
              the  content type from the file extension. This will serve HTML files as **text/html **and
              might allow cross-site scripting attacks when  serving  untrusted  repositories.  (de‐
              fault: False)

### hidden

              Whether to hide the repository in the hgwebdir index.  (default: False)

### ipv6

              Whether to use IPv6. (default: False)

### labels

              List of string _labels_ associated with the repository.

              Labels are exposed as a template keyword and can be used to customize output. e.g. the
              **index **template can group or filter repositories by labels and the **summary **template can
              display additional content if a specific label is present.

### logoimg

              File  name  of the logo image that some templates display on each page.  The file name
              is relative to **staticurl**. That is, the full path to the logo image  is  "staticurl/lo‐
              goimg".  If unset, **hglogo.png **will be used.

### logourl

              Base URL to use for logos. If unset, **<https://mercurial-scm.org/> **will be used.

### maxchanges

              Maximum number of changes to list on the changelog. (default: 10)

### maxfiles

              Maximum number of files to list per changeset. (default: 10)

### maxshortchanges

              Maximum  number  of changes to list on the shortlog, graph or filelog pages. (default:
              60)

### name

              Repository name to use in the web interface.  (default: current working directory)

### port

              Port to listen on. (default: 8000)

### prefix

              Prefix path to serve from. (default: '' (server root))

### push_ssl

              Whether to require that inbound pushes be transported over  SSL  to  prevent  password
              sniffing. (default: True)

### refreshinterval

              How frequently directory listings re-scan the filesystem for new repositories, in sec‐
              onds.  This is relevant when wildcards are used to define paths. Depending on how much
              filesystem traversal is required, refreshing may negatively impact performance.

              Values less than or equal to 0 always refresh.  (default: 20)

### server-header

              Value for HTTP **Server **response header.

### static

              Directory where static files are served from.

### staticurl

              Base URL to use for static files. If unset, static files (e.g. the hgicon.png favicon)
              will be served by the CGI script itself. Use this setting to serve them directly  with
              the HTTP server.  Example: **<http://hgserver/static/>**.

### stripes

              How  many  lines  a "zebra stripe" should span in multi-line output.  Set to 0 to dis‐
              able. (default: 1)

### style

              Which template map style to use. The available options are the names of subdirectories
              in the HTML templates path. (default: **paper**) Example: **monoblue**.

### templates

              Where to find the HTML templates. The default path to the HTML templates  can  be  ob‐
              tained from **hg debuginstall**.

### websub
       Web  substitution  filter definition. You can use this section to define a set of regular ex‐
       pression substitution patterns which let you automatically modify the hgweb server output.

       The default hgweb templates only apply these substitution patterns on the  revision  descrip‐
       tion  fields.  You  can  apply  them  anywhere you want when you create your own templates by
       adding calls to the "websub" filter (usually after calling the "escape" filter).

       This can be used, for example, to convert issue references to links to your issue tracker, or
       to convert "markdown-like" syntax into HTML (see the examples below).

       Each entry in this section names a substitution filter.  The value of each entry defines  the
       substitution expression itself.  The websub expressions follow the old interhg extension syn‐
       tax, which in turn imitates the Unix sed replacement syntax:

       patternname = s/SEARCH_REGEX/REPLACE_EXPRESSION/[i]

       You  can  use  any separator other than "/". The final "i" is optional and indicates that the
       search must be case insensitive.

       Examples:

       [websub]
       issues = s|issue(\d+)|<a href="<http://bts.example.org/issue>\1">issue\1</a>|i
       italic = s/\b_(\S+)_\b/<i>\1<\/i>/
       bold = s/\*\b(\S+)\b\*/<b>\1<\/b>/

### worker
       Parallel master/worker configuration. We currently perform working directory updates in  par‐
       allel on Unix-like systems, which greatly helps performance.

### enabled

              Whether to enable workers code to be used.  (default: true)

### numcpus

              Number  of CPUs to use for parallel operations. A zero or negative value is treated as
              **use the default**.  (default: 4 or the number  of  CPUs  on  the  system,  whichever  is
              larger)

### backgroundclose

              Whether  to  enable  closing  file handles on background threads during certain opera‐
              tions. Some platforms aren't very efficient at closing file  handles  that  have  been
              written  or  appended to. By performing file closing on background threads, file write
              rate can increase substantially.  (default: true on Windows, false elsewhere)

### backgroundcloseminfilecount

              Minimum number of files required to trigger background file closing.   Operations  not
              writing this many files won't start background close threads.  (default: 2048)

### backgroundclosemaxqueue

              The maximum number of opened file handles waiting to be closed in the background. This
              option only has an effect if **backgroundclose **is enabled.  (default: 384)

### backgroundclosethreadcount

              Number  of threads to process background file closes. Only relevant if **backgroundclose**
              is enabled.  (default: 4)

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

       Mercurial was written by Olivia Mackall <<olivia@selenic.com>>.

## SEE ALSO
       [**hg**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/hg/1/markdown), [**hgignore**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/hgignore/5/markdown)

## COPYING
       This manual page is copyright 2005 Bryan O'Sullivan.  Mercurial is copyright 2005-2023 Olivia
       Mackall.  Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public  Li‐
       cense version 2 or any later version.

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

       Organization: Mercurial


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