diff mercurial/hg.py @ 22380:82b2ba904e3e

clone: provide sample username = config entry in .hg/hgrc (issue4359) Some users clone from a server before ever running 'hg config --edit', so they don't see our helpful template for things like enabling the username. Attempt to give them some helpful guidance.
author Augie Fackler <raf@durin42.com>
date Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:16:24 -0400
parents 4bc1fd86e915
children ce95c15f680b
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--- a/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Sep 09 16:51:21 2014 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py	Tue Sep 09 17:16:24 2014 -0400
@@ -432,12 +432,23 @@
                 destpeer.pushkey('bookmarks', k, '', hex(n))
 
         if destrepo:
+            template = (
+                '# You may want to set your username here if it is not set\n'
+                "# globally, or this repository requires a different\n"
+                '# username from your usual configuration. If you want to\n'
+                '# set something for all of your repositories on this\n'
+                '# computer, try running the command\n'
+                "# 'hg config --edit --global'\n"
+                '# [ui]\n'
+                '# username = Jane Doe <jdoe@example.com>\n'
+                '[paths]\n'
+                'default = %s\n'
+                )
             fp = destrepo.opener("hgrc", "w", text=True)
-            fp.write("[paths]\n")
             u = util.url(abspath)
             u.passwd = None
             defaulturl = str(u)
-            fp.write("default = %s\n" % defaulturl)
+            fp.write(template % defaulturl)
             fp.close()
 
             destrepo.ui.setconfig('paths', 'default', defaulturl, 'clone')