changeset 26365:33af0c53aeff

help: add config.troubleshooting section at the top
author timeless@mozdev.org
date Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:45:17 -0400
parents 6e9c2aab9925
children a672cc61ab1d
files mercurial/help/config.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/mercurial/help/config.txt	Fri Sep 25 11:16:20 2015 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/help/config.txt	Thu Sep 24 14:45:17 2015 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 The Mercurial system uses a set of configuration files to control
 aspects of its behavior.
 
+Troubleshooting
+===============
+
+If you're having problems with your configuration,
+:hg:`config --debug` can help you understand what is introducing
+a setting into your environment.
+
+See :hg:`help config.syntax` and :hg:`help config.files`
+for information about how and where to override things.
+
+Format
+======
+
 The configuration files use a simple ini-file format. A configuration
 file consists of sections, led by a ``[section]`` header and followed
 by ``name = value`` entries::