# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
# Date 1611612513 -3600
# Node ID d481f30ea8e392b1d4db7d00ef023815335db132
# Parent  aaff3bc753064c9cddf9037406d9b835d0d633c5
help: escape ':' (as '\:') when generating command names

We need this before we can use ":" in command names.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9870

diff -r aaff3bc75306 -r d481f30ea8e3 mercurial/help.py
--- a/mercurial/help.py	Mon Jan 25 23:07:56 2021 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/help.py	Mon Jan 25 23:08:33 2021 +0100
@@ -829,10 +829,11 @@
         def appendcmds(cmds):
             cmds = sorted(cmds)
             for c in cmds:
+                display_cmd = c
                 if ui.verbose:
-                    rst.append(b" :%s: %s\n" % (b', '.join(syns[c]), h[c]))
-                else:
-                    rst.append(b' :%s: %s\n' % (c, h[c]))
+                    display_cmd = b', '.join(syns[c])
+                display_cmd = display_cmd.replace(b':', br'\:')
+                rst.append(b' :%s: %s\n' % (display_cmd, h[c]))
 
         if name in (b'shortlist', b'debug'):
             # List without categories.