June 2009
Beginner to intermediate
284 pages
8h 14m
English
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Common Template Keywords
You can start writing simple templates immediately using the keywords below:
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 wasdefault.date: Date information. The date when the changeset was committed. This is not human-readable; you must pass it through a filter that will render it appropriately. See Filtering Keywords to Change Their Results for more information on filters. The date is expressed as a pair of numbers. The first number is a Unix UTC timestamp (seconds since January 1, 1970); the second is the offset of the committer’s timezone from UTC, in seconds.desc: String. The text of the changeset description.files: List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by this changeset.file_adds: List of strings. Files added 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.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.
A few simple experiments will show us what to expect when we use these keywords; you can see the results below.
$hg log -r1 --template 'author: {author}\n'author: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>$hg log -r1 --template 'desc:\n{desc}\n'desc: added line to end of <<hello>> ...
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