# HG changeset patch
# User Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl>
# Date 2009-04-06 14:26:57
# Node ID b5db7dcc14972cfb01897f703654225a0ab098f9
# Parent  6a77ba181bc6185ca8a588449e74b813ac466d7b

templatefilters: strings are iterators, but shouldn't be joined anyway

diff --git a/mercurial/templater.py b/mercurial/templater.py
--- a/mercurial/templater.py
+++ b/mercurial/templater.py
@@ -209,6 +209,6 @@ def stylemap(style, paths=None):
 
 def stringify(thing):
     '''turn nested template iterator into string.'''
-    if hasattr(thing, '__iter__'):
+    if hasattr(thing, '__iter__') and not isinstance(thing, str):
         return "".join([stringify(t) for t in thing if t is not None])
     return str(thing)