Mercurial Global Options

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Setting Mercurial Global Options

Open the Mercurial Options window:

The following table describes the Mercurial Global Options property that can be set.

Property Comment
Mercurial User Name Set the username to record when commiting changes to the repository. May be overridden for a given project using the Mercurial Project Properties username setting.
Mercurial Executable Path Set the executable path to the installed Mercurial Hg executable. You only need to use this if Mercurial has been placed somewhere other than your standard PATH.
Default Export Filename Set the export filename which is used when using Team > Export Diff Patch from the IDE's main menu when a Mercurial-versioned project is selected. The following identifiers can used in the filename:
  • %b: Project Directory name
  • %r: Current revision number being exported.
  • %h: Changeset ID that is being exported.
Mercurial Status Labels Set the Status labels for be displayed in the Project view for a Mercurial controlled project. To enable select View > Show Versioning Lables from the IDE's main menu. The following labels can used:
  • {status}: Status of the file.
  • {revision}: Revision of the file.
  • {folder}: Branch or Tag Name.
Mercurial Extensions Brings up a dialog to allow you to add Mercurial extensions. Currently we add the hgk extension to support the Mercurial > View from the a Mercurial project's right click context menu. It's location can be changed from this dialog if necessary.

Notes:

See Also
Mercurial Project Properties
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