# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 1313091243 18000
# Node ID cc669e4fec958524e3a1acc2e8d8025f6d8ebb26
# Parent  72f312f41a4a71ecc373e0fdb653b634f2e9bc00
ui: allow alternatives for config options

diff -r 72f312f41a4a -r cc669e4fec95 mercurial/ui.py
--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Wed Aug 10 13:52:52 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Thu Aug 11 14:34:03 2011 -0500
@@ -155,7 +155,19 @@
         return self._data(untrusted).source(section, name) or 'none'
 
     def config(self, section, name, default=None, untrusted=False):
-        value = self._data(untrusted).get(section, name, default)
+        if isinstance(name, list):
+            alternates = name
+        else:
+            alternates = [name]
+
+        for n in alternates:
+            value = self._data(untrusted).get(section, name, None)
+            if value is not None:
+                name = n
+                break
+        else:
+            value = default
+
         if self.debugflag and not untrusted and self._reportuntrusted:
             uvalue = self._ucfg.get(section, name)
             if uvalue is not None and uvalue != value: