diff --git a/mercurial/templates/map-cmdline.xml b/mercurial/templates/map-cmdline.xml
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+header = '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<log>\n'
+footer = '</log>\n'
+
+changeset = '<logentry revision="{rev}" node="{node}">\n{branches}{tags}{parents}<author email="{author|email|xmlescape}">{author|person|xmlescape}</author>\n<date>{date|rfc3339date}</date>\n<msg xml:space="preserve">{desc|xmlescape}</msg>\n</logentry>\n'
+changeset_verbose = '<logentry revision="{rev}" node="{node}">\n{branches}{tags}{parents}<author email="{author|email|xmlescape}">{author|person|xmlescape}</author>\n<date>{date|rfc3339date}</date>\n<msg xml:space="preserve">{desc|xmlescape}</msg>\n<paths>\n{file_adds}{file_dels}{file_mods}</paths>\n{file_copies}</logentry>\n'
+
+file_add  = '<path action="A">{file_add|xmlescape}</path>\n'
+file_mod  = '<path action="M">{file_mod|xmlescape}</path>\n'
+file_del  = '<path action="R">{file_del|xmlescape}</path>\n'
+
+start_file_copies = '<copies>\n'
+file_copy = '<copy source="{source|xmlescape}">{name|xmlescape}</copy>\n'
+end_file_copies = '</copies>\n'
+
+parent = '<parent revision="{rev}" node="{node}" />\n'
+branch = '<branch>{branch|xmlescape}</branch>\n'
+tag = '<tag>{tag|xmlescape}</tag>\n'