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author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
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HG
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    Path to the 'hg' executable, automatically passed when running
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    hooks, extensions or external tools. If unset or empty, this is
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    the hg executable's name if it's frozen, or an executable named
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    'hg' (with %PATHEXT% [defaulting to COM/EXE/BAT/CMD] extensions on
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    Windows) is searched.
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HGEDITOR
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    This is the name of the editor to run when committing. See EDITOR.
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    (deprecated, use configuration file)
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HGENCODING
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    This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial.
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    This setting is used to convert data including usernames,
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    changeset descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can
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    be overridden with the --encoding command-line option.
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HGENCODINGMODE
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    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters
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    while transcoding user input. The default is "strict", which
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    causes Mercurial to abort if it can't map a character. Other
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    settings include "replace", which replaces unknown characters, and
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    "ignore", which drops them. This setting can be overridden with
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    the --encodingmode command-line option.
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HGENCODINGAMBIGUOUS
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    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling characters with
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    "ambiguous" widths like accented Latin characters with East Asian
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    fonts. By default, Mercurial assumes ambiguous characters are
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    narrow, set this variable to "wide" if such characters cause
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    formatting problems.
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HGMERGE
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    An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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    will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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    ancestor file.
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    (deprecated, use configuration file)
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HGRCPATH
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    A list of files or directories to search for configuration
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    files. Item separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH
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    is not set, platform default search path is used. If empty, only
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    the .hg/hgrc from the current repository is read.
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    For each element in HGRCPATH:
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    - if it's a directory, all files ending with .rc are added
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    - otherwise, the file itself will be added
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HGPLAIN
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    When set, this disables any configuration settings that might
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    change Mercurial's default output. This includes encoding,
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    defaults, verbose mode, debug mode, quiet mode, tracebacks, and
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    localization. This can be useful when scripting against Mercurial
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    in the face of existing user configuration.
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    Equivalent options set via command line flags or environment
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    variables are not overridden.
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HGPLAINEXCEPT
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    This is a comma-separated list of features to preserve when
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    HGPLAIN is enabled. Currently the following values are supported:
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    ``alias``
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        Don't remove aliases.
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    ``i18n``
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        Preserve internationalization.
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    ``revsetalias``
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        Don't remove revset aliases.
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    ``templatealias``
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        Don't remove template aliases.
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    ``progress``
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        Don't hide progress output.
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    Setting HGPLAINEXCEPT to anything (even an empty string) will
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    enable plain mode.
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HGUSER
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    This is the string used as the author of a commit. If not set,
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    available values will be considered in this order:
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    - HGUSER (deprecated)
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    - configuration files from the HGRCPATH
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    - EMAIL
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    - interactive prompt
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    - LOGNAME (with ``@hostname`` appended)
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    (deprecated, use configuration file)
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EMAIL
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    May be used as the author of a commit; see HGUSER.
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LOGNAME
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    May be used as the author of a commit; see HGUSER.
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    This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.
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    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor for a
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    user to modify, for example when writing commit messages. The
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    editor it uses is determined by looking at the environment
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    variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The first
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    non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
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    defaults to 'vi'.
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PYTHONPATH
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    This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be
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    set appropriately if this Mercurial is not installed system-wide.