diff mercurial/dispatch.py @ 22276:b13b99d39a46

config: highlight parse error caused by leading spaces (issue3214)

Added "unexpected leading whitespace" message to parse error
when .hgrc has a line that starts with whitespace.
Helps new users unfamiliar with syntax of rc file.

--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Aug 20 22:52:56 2014 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Sun Mar 16 17:31:31 2014 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
         if len(inst.args) > 1:
             ferr.write(_("hg: parse error at %s: %s\n") %
                              (inst.args[1], inst.args[0]))
+            if (inst.args[0][0] == ' '):
+                ferr.write(_("unexpected leading whitespace\n"))
         else:
             ferr.write(_("hg: parse error: %s\n") % inst.args[0])
         return -1
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@
         if len(inst.args) > 1:
             ui.warn(_("hg: parse error at %s: %s\n") %
                              (inst.args[1], inst.args[0]))
+            if (inst.args[0][0] == ' '):
+                ui.warn(_("unexpected leading whitespace\n"))
         else:
             ui.warn(_("hg: parse error: %s\n") % inst.args[0])
         return -1