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help: improve hgweb help

The existing help only walked through an example.

Now we first explain the basic rules and then show an example.

The 'collections' example and description only cause confusion and is removed.

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'''
Examples of useful python hooks for Mercurial.
'''
from mercurial import patch, util

def diffstat(ui, repo, **kwargs):
    '''Example usage:

    [hooks]
    commit.diffstat = python:/path/to/this/file.py:diffstat
    changegroup.diffstat = python:/path/to/this/file.py:diffstat
    '''
    if kwargs.get('parent2'):
        return
    node = kwargs['node']
    first = repo[node].p1().node()
    if 'url' in kwargs:
        last = repo['tip'].node()
    else:
        last = node
    diff = patch.diff(repo, first, last)
    ui.write(patch.diffstat(util.iterlines(diff)))