# HG changeset patch
# User Steve Borho <steve@borho.org>
# Date 2008-02-26 12:25:11
# Node ID 7f9f3233a2c6aefeac05046ab882fe7cafd76069
# Parent  434139080ed4007d99e843b203c7da0850238744

add explicit extension disabling syntax to hgrc.5

diff --git a/doc/hgrc.5.txt b/doc/hgrc.5.txt
--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ extensions::
   the path to the ".py" file (including the file name extension) that
   defines the extension.
 
+  To explicitly disable an extension that is enabled in an hgrc of
+  broader scope, prepend its path with '!', as in 
+  'hgext.foo = !/ext/path' or 'hgext.foo = !' when no path is supplied.
+
   Example for ~/.hgrc:
 
     [extensions]