# HG changeset patch # User Benoit Boissinot # Date 1244596246 -7200 # Node ID face0d0540e62909662e45552fa4ce483681f498 # Parent 8e15f4afdf066d880bbf9994826aebdcfb0d9341 doc: correctly escape * diff -r 8e15f4afdf06 -r face0d0540e6 doc/hgrc.5.txt --- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt Wed Jun 10 01:14:16 2009 +0200 +++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt Wed Jun 10 03:10:46 2009 +0200 @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Mercurial reads configuration data from several files, if they exist. The names of these files depend on the system on which Mercurial is -installed. `*.rc` files from a single directory are read in alphabetical +installed. `\*.rc` files from a single directory are read in alphabetical order, later ones overriding earlier ones. Where multiple paths are given below, settings from later paths override earlier ones. -(Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc`:: +(Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/\*.rc`:: (Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc`:: Per-installation configuration files, searched for in the directory where Mercurial is installed. `` is the @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ in `/shared/tools/etc/mercurial/hgrc`. Options in these files apply to all Mercurial commands executed by any user in any directory. -(Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc`:: +(Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/\*.rc`:: (Unix) `/etc/mercurial/hgrc`:: Per-system configuration files, for the system on which Mercurial is running. Options in these files apply to all Mercurial commands @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ which Mercurial is running. Options in these files apply to all Mercurial commands executed by any user in any directory. Registry keys contain PATH-like strings, every part of which must reference - a `Mercurial.ini` file or be a directory where `*.rc` files will be + a `Mercurial.ini` file or be a directory where `\*.rc` files will be read. (Unix) `$HOME/.hgrc`:: @@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ Supported arguments: prefix;; - Either "`*`" or a URI prefix with or without the scheme part. The + Either "`\*`" or a URI prefix with or without the scheme part. The authentication entry with the longest matching prefix is used - (where "`*`" matches everything and counts as a match of length 1). + (where "`\*`" matches everything and counts as a match of length 1). If the prefix doesn't include a scheme, the match is performed against the URI with its scheme stripped as well, and the schemes argument, q.v., is then subsequently consulted. @@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ Filters consist of a filter pattern followed by a filter command. Filter patterns are globs by default, rooted at the repository root. For example, to match any file ending in "`.txt`" in the root -directory only, use the pattern "`*.txt`". To match any file ending in -"`.c`" anywhere in the repository, use the pattern "`**.c`". +directory only, use the pattern "`\*.txt`". To match any file ending in +"`.c`" anywhere in the repository, use the pattern "`\*\*.c`". The filter command can start with a specifier, either "pipe:" or "tempfile:". If no specifier is given, "pipe:" is used by default. @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ -- This section specifies what users and groups are trusted. The current user is always trusted. To trust everybody, list a user or a -group with name "*". +group with name "`\*`". users;; Comma-separated list of trusted users. @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ Whether to allow pulling from the repository. Default is true. allow_push;; Whether to allow pushing to the repository. If empty or not set, - push is not allowed. If the special value "*", any remote user can + push is not allowed. If the special value "`\*`", any remote user can push, including unauthenticated users. Otherwise, the remote user must have been authenticated, and the authenticated user name must be present in this list (separated by whitespace or ","). The @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ user is unauthenticated or not present in the list (separated by whitespace or ","), then access is denied for the user. If the list is empty or not set, then access is permitted to all users by - default. Setting allow_read to the special value "*" is equivalent + default. Setting allow_read to the special value "`\*`" is equivalent to it not being set (i.e. access is permitted to all users). The contents of the allow_read list are examined after the deny_read list. @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ Defaults to ui.username or `$EMAIL` or "unknown" if unset or empty. deny_push;; Whether to deny pushing to the repository. If empty or not set, - push is not denied. If the special value "*", all remote users are + push is not denied. If the special value "`\*`", all remote users are denied push. Otherwise, unauthenticated users are all denied, and any authenticated user name present in this list (separated by whitespace or ",") is also denied. The contents of the deny_push @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ not empty, unauthenticated users are all denied, and any authenticated user name present in this list (separated by whitespace or ",") is also denied access to the repository. If set - to the special value "*", all remote users are denied access + to the special value "`\*`", all remote users are denied access (rarely needed ;). If deny_read is empty or not set, the determination of repository access depends on the presence and content of the allow_read list (see description). If both