$ hg init
$ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
> [extensions]
> prefixfilter = prefix.py
> [encode]
> *.txt = stripprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> [decode]
> *.txt = insertprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
> EOF
$ cat > prefix.py <<EOF
> from mercurial import util
> def stripprefix(s, cmd, filename, **kwargs):
> header = '%s\n' % cmd
> if s[:len(header)] != header:
> raise util.Abort('missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
> return s[len(header):]
> def insertprefix(s, cmd):
> return '%s\n%s' % (cmd, s)
> def reposetup(ui, repo):
> repo.adddatafilter('stripprefix:', stripprefix)
> repo.adddatafilter('insertprefix:', insertprefix)
> EOF
$ cat > .hgignore <<EOF
> .hgignore
> prefix.py
> prefix.pyc
> EOF
$ cat > stuff.txt <<EOF
> Copyright 2046, The Masters
> Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
> EOF
$ hg add stuff.txt
$ hg ci -m stuff
Repository data:
$ hg cat stuff.txt
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
Fresh checkout:
$ rm stuff.txt
$ hg up -C
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cat stuff.txt
Copyright 2046, The Masters
Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
$ echo >> stuff.txt <<EOF
> Very very carefully.
> EOF
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
$ cat > morestuff.txt <<EOF
> Unauthorized material subject to destruction.
> EOF
Problem encoding:
$ hg add morestuff.txt
$ hg ci -m morestuff
abort: missing header "Copyright 2046, The Masters" in morestuff.txt
$ hg stat
M stuff.txt
A morestuff.txt