doc/hgrc.5.txt
changeset 10388 07bd7608a0ea
parent 10285 61f4ea277f23
child 10391 935ef1836b2f
--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Mon Feb 08 00:01:08 2010 +0100
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Sun Feb 07 05:34:22 2010 -0600
@@ -72,16 +72,19 @@
     in ``/shared/tools/etc/mercurial/hgrc``. Options in these files apply
     to all Mercurial commands executed by any user in any directory.
 
-| (Windows) ``C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini``
+| (Windows) ``<install-dir>\Mercurial.ini``
+| (Windows) ``<install-dir>\hgrc.d\*.rc``
 | (Windows) ``HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercurial``
-| (Windows) ``<install-dir>\Mercurial.ini``
 
     Per-installation/system configuration files, for the system on
     which Mercurial is running. Options 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.
+    be read.  Mercurial checks each of these locations in the specified
+    order until one or more configuration files are detected.  If the
+    py2win32 extensions are not installed, Mercurial will only look for
+    site-wide configuration in ``C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini``.
 
 Syntax
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