diff help/templates.txt @ 9540:cad36e496640

help: un-indent help topics The help topics are reused in the HTML documentation, and there it looks odd that whole sections are indented. We now only indent it for output on the terminal.
author Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
date Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:18:43 +0200
parents c904e76e3834
children 90e968899c72
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--- a/help/templates.txt	Sun Oct 04 09:59:13 2009 +0200
+++ b/help/templates.txt	Sun Oct 04 12:18:43 2009 +0200
@@ -1,113 +1,113 @@
-    Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through
-    templates. You can either pass in a template from the command
-    line, via the --template option, or select an existing
-    template-style (--style).
+Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through
+templates. You can either pass in a template from the command
+line, via the --template option, or select an existing
+template-style (--style).
 
-    You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log,
-    outgoing, incoming, tip, parents, heads and glog.
+You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log,
+outgoing, incoming, tip, parents, heads and glog.
 
-    Three styles are packaged with Mercurial: default (the style used
-    when no explicit preference is passed), compact and changelog.
-    Usage::
+Three styles are packaged with Mercurial: default (the style used
+when no explicit preference is passed), compact and changelog.
+Usage::
 
-        $ hg log -r1 --style changelog
+    $ hg log -r1 --style changelog
 
-    A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable
-    expansion::
+A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable
+expansion::
 
-        $ hg log -r1 --template "{node}\n"
-        b56ce7b07c52de7d5fd79fb89701ea538af65746
+    $ hg log -r1 --template "{node}\n"
+    b56ce7b07c52de7d5fd79fb89701ea538af65746
 
-    Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of
-    keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These
-    keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:
+Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of
+keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These
+keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:
 
-    :author:    String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
-    :branches:  String. The name of the branch on which the changeset
-                was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was
-                default.
-    :date:      Date information. The date when the changeset was
-                committed.
-    :desc:      String. The text of the changeset description.
-    :diffstat:  String. Statistics of changes with the following
-                format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
-    :files:     List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed
-                by this changeset.
-    :file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
-    :file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
-    :file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
-    :node:      String. The changeset identification hash, as a
-                40-character hexadecimal string.
-    :parents:   List of strings. The parents of the changeset.
-    :rev:       Integer. The repository-local changeset revision
-                number.
-    :tags:      List of strings. Any tags associated with the
-                changeset.
-    :latesttag: String. Most recent global tag in the ancestors of this
-                changeset.
-    :latesttagdistance: Integer. Longest path to the latest tag.
+:author:    String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
+:branches:  String. The name of the branch on which the changeset
+            was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was
+            default.
+:date:      Date information. The date when the changeset was
+            committed.
+:desc:      String. The text of the changeset description.
+:diffstat:  String. Statistics of changes with the following
+            format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
+:files:     List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed
+            by this changeset.
+:file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
+:file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
+:file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
+:node:      String. The changeset identification hash, as a
+            40-character hexadecimal string.
+:parents:   List of strings. The parents of the changeset.
+:rev:       Integer. The repository-local changeset revision
+            number.
+:tags:      List of strings. Any tags associated with the
+            changeset.
+:latesttag: String. Most recent global tag in the ancestors of this
+            changeset.
+:latesttagdistance: Integer. Longest path to the latest tag.
 
-    The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you
-    want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process
-    it. Filters are functions which return a string based on the input
-    variable. You can also use a chain of filters to get the desired
-    output::
+The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you
+want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process
+it. Filters are functions which return a string based on the input
+variable. You can also use a chain of filters to get the desired
+output::
 
-       $ hg tip --template "{date|isodate}\n"
-       2008-08-21 18:22 +0000
+   $ hg tip --template "{date|isodate}\n"
+   2008-08-21 18:22 +0000
 
-    List of filters:
+List of filters:
 
-    :addbreaks:   Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
-                  every line except the last.
-    :age:         Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference
-                  between the given date/time and the current
-                  date/time.
-    :basename:    Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the
-                  last component of the path after splitting by the
-                  path separator (ignoring trailing separators). For
-                  example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//"
-                  becomes "bar".
-    :stripdir:    Treat the text as path and strip a directory level,
-                  if possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes
-                  "foo".
-    :date:        Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including
-                  the timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
-    :domain:      Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an
-                  email address, and extracts just the domain
-                  component. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes
-                  'example.com'.
-    :email:       Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like
-                  an email address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>'
-                  becomes 'user@example.com'.
-    :escape:      Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters
-                  "&", "<" and ">" with XML entities.
-    :fill68:      Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
-    :fill76:      Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
-    :firstline:   Any text. Returns the first line of text.
-    :nonempty:    Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
-    :hgdate:      Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers:
-                  "1157407993 25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
-    :isodate:     Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format:
-                  "2009-08-18 13:00 +0200".
-    :isodatesec:  Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format, including
-                  seconds: "2009-08-18 13:00:13 +0200". See also the
-                  rfc3339date filter.
-    :localdate:   Date. Converts a date to local date.
-    :obfuscate:   Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a
-                  sequence of XML entities.
-    :person:      Any text. Returns the text before an email address.
-    :rfc822date:  Date. Returns a date using the same format used in
-                  email headers: "Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:00:13 +0200".
-    :rfc3339date: Date. Returns a date using the Internet date format
-                  specified in RFC 3339: "2009-08-18T13:00:13+02:00".
-    :short:       Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset
-                  hash, i.e. a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
-    :shortdate:   Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
-    :strip:       Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
-    :tabindent:   Any text. Returns the text, with every line except
-                  the first starting with a tab character.
-    :urlescape:   Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For
-                  example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
-    :user:        Any text. Returns the user portion of an email
-                  address.
+:addbreaks:   Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
+              every line except the last.
+:age:         Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference
+              between the given date/time and the current
+              date/time.
+:basename:    Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the
+              last component of the path after splitting by the
+              path separator (ignoring trailing separators). For
+              example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//"
+              becomes "bar".
+:stripdir:    Treat the text as path and strip a directory level,
+              if possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes
+              "foo".
+:date:        Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including
+              the timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
+:domain:      Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an
+              email address, and extracts just the domain
+              component. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes
+              'example.com'.
+:email:       Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like
+              an email address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>'
+              becomes 'user@example.com'.
+:escape:      Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters
+              "&", "<" and ">" with XML entities.
+:fill68:      Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
+:fill76:      Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
+:firstline:   Any text. Returns the first line of text.
+:nonempty:    Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
+:hgdate:      Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers:
+              "1157407993 25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
+:isodate:     Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format:
+              "2009-08-18 13:00 +0200".
+:isodatesec:  Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format, including
+              seconds: "2009-08-18 13:00:13 +0200". See also the
+              rfc3339date filter.
+:localdate:   Date. Converts a date to local date.
+:obfuscate:   Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a
+              sequence of XML entities.
+:person:      Any text. Returns the text before an email address.
+:rfc822date:  Date. Returns a date using the same format used in
+              email headers: "Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:00:13 +0200".
+:rfc3339date: Date. Returns a date using the Internet date format
+              specified in RFC 3339: "2009-08-18T13:00:13+02:00".
+:short:       Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset
+              hash, i.e. a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
+:shortdate:   Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
+:strip:       Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
+:tabindent:   Any text. Returns the text, with every line except
+              the first starting with a tab character.
+:urlescape:   Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For
+              example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
+:user:        Any text. Returns the user portion of an email
+              address.