# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1258560540 -3600
# Node ID a1886801d4660e12bcf37da2e7b5036784faa3e5
# Parent  d266aa7606ce82fa926a1d3389453d7cb7b8f200# Parent  7bb004fc14ecadc355cf5a65b9b055ffe7ef0f92
merge with crew-stable

diff -r 7bb004fc14ec -r a1886801d466 mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Nov 18 16:47:20 2009 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Nov 18 17:09:00 2009 +0100
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
             self.args = aliasargs(self.fn) + args
             if cmd not in commands.norepo.split(' '):
                 self.norepo = False
+            if self.help.startswith("hg " + cmd):
+                # drop prefix in old-style help lines so hg shows the alias
+                self.help = self.help[4 + len(cmd):]
+            self.__doc__ = _("alias for: hg %s\n\n%s") \
+                               % (definition, self.fn.__doc__)
+
         except error.UnknownCommand:
             def fn(ui, *args):
                 ui.warn(_("alias '%s' resolves to unknown command '%s'\n") \
@@ -240,14 +246,14 @@
 
     if args:
         cmd, args = args[0], args[1:]
-        aliases, i = cmdutil.findcmd(cmd, commands.table,
+        aliases, entry = cmdutil.findcmd(cmd, commands.table,
                                      ui.config("ui", "strict"))
         cmd = aliases[0]
-        args = aliasargs(i[0]) + args
+        args = aliasargs(entry[0]) + args
         defaults = ui.config("defaults", cmd)
         if defaults:
             args = map(util.expandpath, shlex.split(defaults)) + args
-        c = list(i[1])
+        c = list(entry[1])
     else:
         cmd = None
         c = []
@@ -267,7 +273,7 @@
         options[n] = cmdoptions[n]
         del cmdoptions[n]
 
-    return (cmd, cmd and i[0] or None, args, options, cmdoptions)
+    return (cmd, cmd and entry[0] or None, args, options, cmdoptions)
 
 def _parseconfig(ui, config):
     """parse the --config options from the command line"""