changeset 9277:1f0085918c29

help: wrap help strings at 70 characters
author Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net>
date Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:12:53 +0200
parents 51e85071caf0
children 3d9f77c03105
files mercurial/help.py
diffstat 1 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-) [+]
line wrap: on
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--- a/mercurial/help.py	Sun Jul 26 02:03:35 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/help.py	Sun Jul 26 02:12:53 2009 +0200
@@ -53,18 +53,21 @@
 def extshelp():
     doc = _(r'''
     Mercurial has the ability to add new features through the use of
-    extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to existing
-    commands, change the default behavior of commands, or implement hooks.
+    extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to
+    existing commands, change the default behavior of commands, or
+    implement hooks.
 
-    Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons: they can
-    increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced usage only; they
-    may provide potentially dangerous abilities (such as letting you destroy
-    or modify history); they might not be ready for prime time; or they may
-    alter some usual behaviors of stock Mercurial. It is thus up to the user
-    to activate extensions as needed.
+    Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons:
+    they can increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced
+    usage only; they may provide potentially dangerous abilities (such
+    as letting you destroy or modify history); they might not be ready
+    for prime time; or they may alter some usual behaviors of stock
+    Mercurial. It is thus up to the user to activate extensions as
+    needed.
 
-    To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in the
-    Python search path, create an entry for it in your hgrc, like this::
+    To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in
+    the Python search path, create an entry for it in your hgrc, like
+    this::
 
       [extensions]
       foo =
@@ -74,8 +77,8 @@
       [extensions]
       myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py
 
-    To explicitly disable an extension enabled in an hgrc of broader scope,
-    prepend its path with !::
+    To explicitly disable an extension enabled in an hgrc of broader
+    scope, prepend its path with !::
 
       [extensions]
       # disabling extension bar residing in /path/to/extension/bar.py
@@ -120,10 +123,10 @@
 
     "1165432709 0" (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
 
-    This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is the
-    number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset is the
-    offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative if the
-    timezone is east of UTC).
+    This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is
+    the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC).
+    offset is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC
+    (negative if the timezone is east of UTC).
 
     The log command also accepts date ranges::
 
@@ -135,32 +138,32 @@
 
     (["patterns"], _("File Name Patterns"),
      _(r'''
-    Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more files at a
-    time.
+    Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
+    files at a time.
 
-    By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended glob
-    patterns.
+    By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended
+    glob patterns.
 
     Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
 
-    To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start it with
-    "path:". These path names must completely match starting at the current
-    repository root.
+    To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start it
+    with "path:". These path names must completely match starting at
+    the current repository root.
 
-    To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are rooted at
-    the current directory; a glob such as "``*.c``" will only match files in the
-    current directory ending with ".c".
+    To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are
+    rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "``*.c``" will
+    only match files in the current directory ending with ".c".
 
-    The supported glob syntax extensions are "``**``" to match any string across
-    path separators and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
+    The supported glob syntax extensions are "``**``" to match any
+    string across path separators and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
 
-    To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:". Regexp
-    pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
+    To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
+    Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
 
     Plain examples::
 
-      path:foo/bar   a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
-                     the repository
+      path:foo/bar   a name bar in a directory named foo in the root
+                     of the repository
       path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
 
     Glob examples::
@@ -182,11 +185,11 @@
     (['environment', 'env'], _('Environment Variables'),
      _(r'''
 HG
-    Path to the 'hg' executable, automatically passed when running hooks,
-    extensions or external tools. If unset or empty, this is the hg
-    executable's name if it's frozen, or an executable named 'hg' (with
-    %PATHEXT% [defaulting to COM/EXE/BAT/CMD] extensions on Windows) is
-    searched.
+    Path to the 'hg' executable, automatically passed when running
+    hooks, extensions or external tools. If unset or empty, this is
+    the hg executable's name if it's frozen, or an executable named
+    'hg' (with %PATHEXT% [defaulting to COM/EXE/BAT/CMD] extensions on
+    Windows) is searched.
 
 HGEDITOR
     This is the name of the editor to run when committing. See EDITOR.
@@ -194,29 +197,31 @@
     (deprecated, use .hgrc)
 
 HGENCODING
-    This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial. This
-    setting is used to convert data including usernames, changeset
-    descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can be overridden with
-    the --encoding command-line option.
+    This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial.
+    This setting is used to convert data including usernames,
+    changeset descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can
+    be overridden with the --encoding command-line option.
 
 HGENCODINGMODE
-    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters while
-    transcoding user input. The default is "strict", which causes Mercurial to
-    abort if it can't map a character. Other settings include "replace", which
-    replaces unknown characters, and "ignore", which drops them. This setting
-    can be overridden with the --encodingmode command-line option.
+    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters
+    while transcoding user input. The default is "strict", which
+    causes Mercurial to abort if it can't map a character. Other
+    settings include "replace", which replaces unknown characters, and
+    "ignore", which drops them. This setting can be overridden with
+    the --encodingmode command-line option.
 
 HGMERGE
-    An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program will be
-    executed with three arguments: local file, remote file, ancestor file.
+    An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
+    will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
+    ancestor file.
 
     (deprecated, use .hgrc)
 
 HGRCPATH
-    A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files. Item separator is
-    ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH is not set, platform default
-    search path is used. If empty, only the .hg/hgrc from the current
-    repository is read.
+    A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files. Item
+    separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH is not set,
+    platform default search path is used. If empty, only the .hg/hgrc
+    from the current repository is read.
 
     For each element in HGRCPATH:
 
@@ -224,8 +229,8 @@
     - otherwise, the file itself will be added
 
 HGUSER
-    This is the string used as the author of a commit. If not set, available
-    values will be considered in this order:
+    This is the string used as the author of a commit. If not set,
+    available values will be considered in this order:
 
     - HGUSER (deprecated)
     - hgrc files from the HGRCPATH
@@ -245,71 +250,77 @@
     This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.
 
 EDITOR
-    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor for a user to
-    modify, for example when writing commit messages. The editor it uses is
-    determined by looking at the environment variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and
-    EDITOR, in that order. The first non-empty one is chosen. If all of them
-    are empty, the editor defaults to 'vi'.
+    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor for a
+    user to modify, for example when writing commit messages. The
+    editor it uses is determined by looking at the environment
+    variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The first
+    non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
+    defaults to 'vi'.
 
 PYTHONPATH
-    This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
-    appropriately if this Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
+    This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be
+    set appropriately if this Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
     ''')),
 
     (['revs', 'revisions'], _('Specifying Single Revisions'),
      _(r'''
     Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions.
 
-    A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers are
-    treated as topological offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip. As
-    such, negative numbers are only useful if you've memorized your local tree
-    numbers and want to save typing a single digit. This editor suggests copy
-    and paste.
+    A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers
+    are treated as topological offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting
+    the tip. As such, negative numbers are only useful if you've
+    memorized your local tree numbers and want to save typing a single
+    digit. This editor suggests copy and paste.
 
-    A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision identifier.
+    A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
+    identifier.
 
-    A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a unique
-    revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form identifier. A
-    short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix of exactly one
-    full-length identifier.
+    A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
+    unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form
+    identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the
+    prefix of exactly one full-length identifier.
 
-    Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic name
-    associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not contain the ":"
-    character.
+    Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic
+    name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not
+    contain the ":" character.
 
-    The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the most
-    recent revision.
+    The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies
+    the most recent revision.
 
-    The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the revision
-    of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.
+    The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the
+    revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.
 
-    The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If no
-    working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If an
-    uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the first parent.
+    The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If
+    no working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If
+    an uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the
+    first parent.
     ''')),
 
     (['mrevs', 'multirevs'], _('Specifying Multiple Revisions'),
      _(r'''
-    When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified
-    individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range, separated
-    by the ":" character.
+    When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be
+    specified individually, or provided as a topologically continuous
+    range, separated by the ":" character.
 
-    The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are
-    revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not
-    specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified, it
-    defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions".
+    The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END
+    are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If
+    BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END
+    is not specified, it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means
+    "all revisions".
 
-    If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order.
+    If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse
+    order.
 
-    A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5 gives 3,
-    4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.
+    A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
+    gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.
     ''')),
 
     (['diffs'], _('Diff Formats'),
      _(r'''
-    Mercurial's default format for showing changes between two versions of a
-    file is compatible with the unified format of GNU diff, which can be used
-    by GNU patch and many other standard tools.
+    Mercurial's default format for showing changes between two
+    versions of a file is compatible with the unified format of GNU
+    diff, which can be used by GNU patch and many other standard
+    tools.
 
     While this standard format is often enough, it does not encode the
     following information:
@@ -319,115 +330,122 @@
      - changes in binary files
      - creation or deletion of empty files
 
-    Mercurial also supports the extended diff format from the git VCS which
-    addresses these limitations. The git diff format is not produced by
-    default because a few widespread tools still do not understand this
-    format.
+    Mercurial also supports the extended diff format from the git VCS
+    which addresses these limitations. The git diff format is not
+    produced by default because a few widespread tools still do not
+    understand this format.
 
-    This means that when generating diffs from a Mercurial repository (e.g.
-    with "hg export"), you should be careful about things like file copies and
-    renames or other things mentioned above, because when applying a standard
-    diff to a different repository, this extra information is lost.
-    Mercurial's internal operations (like push and pull) are not affected by
-    this, because they use an internal binary format for communicating
-    changes.
+    This means that when generating diffs from a Mercurial repository
+    (e.g. with "hg export"), you should be careful about things like
+    file copies and renames or other things mentioned above, because
+    when applying a standard diff to a different repository, this
+    extra information is lost. Mercurial's internal operations (like
+    push and pull) are not affected by this, because they use an
+    internal binary format for communicating changes.
 
-    To make Mercurial produce the git extended diff format, use the --git
-    option available for many commands, or set 'git = True' in the [diff]
-    section of your hgrc. You do not need to set this option when importing
-    diffs in this format or using them in the mq extension.
+    To make Mercurial produce the git extended diff format, use the
+    --git option available for many commands, or set 'git = True' in
+    the [diff] section of your hgrc. You do not need to set this
+    option when importing diffs in this format or using them in the mq
+    extension.
     ''')),
     (['templating'], _('Template Usage'),
      _(r'''
-    Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through templates.
-    You can either pass in a template from the command line, via the
-    --template option, or select an existing template-style (--style).
+    Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through
+    templates. You can either pass in a template from the command
+    line, via the --template option, or select an existing
+    template-style (--style).
 
-    You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log, outgoing,
-    incoming, tip, parents, heads and glog.
+    You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log,
+    outgoing, incoming, tip, parents, heads and glog.
 
-    Three styles are packaged with Mercurial: default (the style used when no
-    explicit preference is passed), compact and changelog. Usage:
+    Three styles are packaged with Mercurial: default (the style used
+    when no explicit preference is passed), compact and changelog.
+    Usage:
 
         $ hg log -r1 --style changelog
 
-    A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable expansion:
+    A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable
+    expansion:
 
         $ hg log -r1 --template "{node}\n"
         b56ce7b07c52de7d5fd79fb89701ea538af65746
 
-    Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of keywords
-    depends on the exact context of the templater. These keywords are usually
-    available for templating a log-like command:
+    Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of
+    keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These
+    keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:
 
     - author: String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
-    - branches: String. The name of the branch on which the changeset was
-      committed. Will be empty if the branch name was default.
-    - date: Date information. The date when the changeset was committed.
+    - branches: String. The name of the branch on which the changeset
+      was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was default.
+    - date: Date information. The date when the changeset was
+      committed.
     - desc: String. The text of the changeset description.
-    - diffstat: String. Statistics of changes with the following format:
-      "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
-    - files: List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by this
-      changeset.
+    - diffstat: String. Statistics of changes with the following
+      format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
+    - files: List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by
+      this changeset.
     - file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
     - file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
     - file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
-    - node: String. The changeset identification hash, as a 40-character
-      hexadecimal string.
+    - node: String. The changeset identification hash, as a
+      40-character hexadecimal string.
     - parents: List of strings. The parents of the changeset.
     - rev: Integer. The repository-local changeset revision number.
     - tags: List of strings. Any tags associated with the changeset.
 
-    The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you want to
-    use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process it. Filters are
-    functions which return a string based on the input variable. You can also
-    use a chain of filters to get the desired output:
+    The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you
+    want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process
+    it. Filters are functions which return a string based on the input
+    variable. You can also use a chain of filters to get the desired
+    output:
 
        $ hg tip --template "{date|isodate}\n"
        2008-08-21 18:22 +0000
 
     List of filters:
 
-    - addbreaks: Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of every
-      line except the last.
-    - age: Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference between the
-      given date/time and the current date/time.
-    - basename: Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the last
-      component of the path after splitting by the path separator (ignoring
-      trailing separators). For example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes "baz" and
-      "foo/bar//" becomes "bar".
+    - addbreaks: Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
+      every line except the last.
+    - age: Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference between
+      the given date/time and the current date/time.
+    - basename: Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the
+      last component of the path after splitting by the path separator
+      (ignoring trailing separators). For example, "foo/bar/baz"
+      becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//" becomes "bar".
     - stripdir: Treat the text as path and strip a directory level, if
       possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes "foo".
     - date: Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including the
       timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
-    - domain: Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an email
-      address, and extracts just the domain component. Example: 'User
-      <user@example.com>' becomes 'example.com'.
-    - email: Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like an email
-      address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes 'user@example.com'.
-    - escape: Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters "&", "<" and
-      ">" with XML entities.
+    - domain: Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an
+      email address, and extracts just the domain component. Example:
+      'User <user@example.com>' becomes 'example.com'.
+    - email: Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like an
+      email address. Example: 'User <user@example.com>' becomes
+      'user@example.com'.
+    - escape: Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters "&",
+      "<" and ">" with XML entities.
     - fill68: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
     - fill76: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
     - firstline: Any text. Returns the first line of text.
     - nonempty: Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
-    - hgdate: Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers: "1157407993 25200"
-      (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
+    - hgdate: Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers: "1157407993
+      25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
     - isodate: Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format.
     - localdate: Date. Converts a date to local date.
-    - obfuscate: Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a sequence of
-      XML entities.
+    - obfuscate: Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a
+      sequence of XML entities.
     - person: Any text. Returns the text before an email address.
-    - rfc822date: Date. Returns a date using the same format used in email
-      headers.
-    - short: Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset hash, i.e.
-      a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
+    - rfc822date: Date. Returns a date using the same format used in
+      email headers.
+    - short: Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset
+      hash, i.e. a 12-byte hexadecimal string.
     - shortdate: Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
     - strip: Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
-    - tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every line except the first
-      starting with a tab character.
-    - urlescape: Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For example, "foo
-      bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
+    - tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every line except
+      the first starting with a tab character.
+    - urlescape: Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For
+      example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
     - user: Any text. Returns the user portion of an email address.
     ''')),
 
@@ -441,59 +459,64 @@
       https://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision]
       ssh://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision]
 
-    Paths in the local filesystem can either point to Mercurial repositories
-    or to bundle files (as created by 'hg bundle' or 'hg incoming --bundle').
+    Paths in the local filesystem can either point to Mercurial
+    repositories or to bundle files (as created by 'hg bundle' or 'hg
+    incoming --bundle').
 
-    An optional identifier after # indicates a particular branch, tag, or
-    changeset to use from the remote repository. See also 'hg help revisions'.
+    An optional identifier after # indicates a particular branch, tag,
+    or changeset to use from the remote repository. See also 'hg help
+    revisions'.
 
-    Some features, such as pushing to http:// and https:// URLs are only
-    possible if the feature is explicitly enabled on the remote Mercurial
-    server.
+    Some features, such as pushing to http:// and https:// URLs are
+    only possible if the feature is explicitly enabled on the remote
+    Mercurial server.
 
     Some notes about using SSH with Mercurial:
 
-    - SSH requires an accessible shell account on the destination machine and
-      a copy of hg in the remote path or specified with as remotecmd.
-    - path is relative to the remote user's home directory by default. Use an
-      extra slash at the start of a path to specify an absolute path::
+    - SSH requires an accessible shell account on the destination
+      machine and a copy of hg in the remote path or specified with as
+      remotecmd.
+    - path is relative to the remote user's home directory by default.
+      Use an extra slash at the start of a path to specify an absolute
+      path::
 
         ssh://example.com//tmp/repository
 
-    - Mercurial doesn't use its own compression via SSH; the right thing to do
-      is to configure it in your ~/.ssh/config, e.g.::
+    - Mercurial doesn't use its own compression via SSH; the right
+      thing to do is to configure it in your ~/.ssh/config, e.g.::
 
         Host *.mylocalnetwork.example.com
           Compression no
         Host *
           Compression yes
 
-      Alternatively specify "ssh -C" as your ssh command in your hgrc or with
-      the --ssh command line option.
+      Alternatively specify "ssh -C" as your ssh command in your hgrc
+      or with the --ssh command line option.
 
-    These URLs can all be stored in your hgrc with path aliases under the
-    [paths] section like so::
+    These URLs can all be stored in your hgrc with path aliases under
+    the [paths] section like so::
 
       [paths]
       alias1 = URL1
       alias2 = URL2
       ...
 
-    You can then use the alias for any command that uses a URL (for example
-    'hg pull alias1' would pull from the 'alias1' path).
+    You can then use the alias for any command that uses a URL (for
+    example 'hg pull alias1' would pull from the 'alias1' path).
 
-    Two path aliases are special because they are used as defaults when you do
-    not provide the URL to a command:
+    Two path aliases are special because they are used as defaults
+    when you do not provide the URL to a command:
 
     default:
-      When you create a repository with hg clone, the clone command saves the
-      location of the source repository as the new repository's 'default'
-      path. This is then used when you omit path from push- and pull-like
-      commands (including incoming and outgoing).
+      When you create a repository with hg clone, the clone command
+      saves the location of the source repository as the new
+      repository's 'default' path. This is then used when you omit
+      path from push- and pull-like commands (including incoming and
+      outgoing).
 
     default-push:
-      The push command will look for a path named 'default-push', and prefer
-      it over 'default' if both are defined.
+      The push command will look for a path named 'default-push', and
+      prefer it over 'default' if both are defined.
     ''')),
     (["extensions"], _("Using additional features"), extshelp),
 )