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Add notes about configuring a merge program
author Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com>
date Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:58:18 -0700
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45 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does, 45 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
46 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p> 46 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>
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48 <h1>Configuration notes</h1> 48 <h1>Configuration notes</h1>
49 <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR 49 <h4>Default editor</h4>
50 The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR
50 (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in 51 (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in
51 mercurial.ini:</p> 52 mercurial.ini:
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53 [ui] 54 [ui]
54 editor = whatever 55 editor = whatever
55 </pre> 56 </pre>
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58 <h4>Configuring a Merge program</h4>
59 It should be emphasized that Mercurial by itself doesn't attempt to do a
60 Merge at the file level, neither does it make any attempt to Resolve the conflicts.
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62 By default, Mercurial will use the merge program defined by the HGMERGE environment
63 variable, or uses the one defined in the mercurial.ini file. (see <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergeProgram">MergeProgram</a> on the Mercurial Wiki for more information)
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58 <h1>Reporting problems</h1> 65 <h1>Reporting problems</h1>
59 66
60 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a 67 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
61 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and 68 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and