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ui: add HGPLAIN environment variable for easier scripting If HGPLAIN is set, the following settings are ignored when read from hgrc files: - ui.debug - ui.fallbackencoding - ui.quiet - ui.traceback - ui.verbose - defaults.* Localization is also disabled. Equivalent options set via command line are honored.
author Brodie Rao <me+hg@dackz.net>
date Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:56:18 +0100
parents f91e5630ce7e
children ebfc46929f3e
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--- a/mercurial/help/environment.txt	Sat Feb 13 23:24:27 2010 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/help/environment.txt	Sun Feb 07 14:56:18 2010 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
     - if it's a directory, all files ending with .rc are added
     - otherwise, the file itself will be added
 
+HGPLAIN
+    When set, this disables any options in .hgrc that might change
+    Mercurial's default output. This includes encoding, defaults,
+    verbose mode, debug mode, quiet mode, tracebacks, and
+    localization. This can be useful when scripting against Mercurial
+    in the face of existing user configuration.
+
+    Equivalent options set via command line flags or environment
+    variables are not overridden.
+
 HGUSER
     This is the string used as the author of a commit. If not set,
     available values will be considered in this order: