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phabricator: use .arcconfig for the callsign if not set locally (issue6243)...
phabricator: use .arcconfig for the callsign if not set locally (issue6243) This makes things easier for people working with more than one repository because this file can be committed to each repository. The bug report asks to read <repo>/.arcrc, but AFAICT, that file lives in ~/ and holds the credentials. And we already track an .arcconfig file. Any callsign set globally is still used if that is all that is present, but .arcconfig will override it if available. The idea behind letting the local hgrc override .arcconfig is that the developer may need to do testing against another server, and not dirty the working directory. Originally I was going to just try to read the callsign in `getrepophid()` if it wasn't present in the hg config. That works fine, but I think it also makes sense to read the URL from this file too. That would have worked less well because `readurltoken()` doesn't have access to the repo object to know where to find the file. Supplimenting the config mechanism is less magical because it reports the source and value of the properties used, and it doesn't need to read the file twice. Invalid hgrc files generally cause the program to abort. I only flagged it as a warning here because it's not our config file, not crucial to the whole program operating, and really shouldn't be corrupt in the typical case where it is checked into the repo. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7934
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Mercurial for Windows



Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!




Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from
the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a<br /> href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW shell).




Note: the standard http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW
msys startup script uses rxvt which has problems setting up
standard input and output. Running bash directly works
correctly.




For documentation, please visit the <a<br /> href="https://mercurial-scm.org/">Mercurial web site.
You can also download a free book, <a<br /> href="https://book.mercurial-scm.org/">Mercurial: The Definitive
Guide.




By default, Mercurial installs to C:\Program
Files\Mercurial
. The Mercurial command is called
hg.exe.



Testing Mercurial after you've installed it




The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is
to just type the following at the command prompt:




hg



This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.



Configuration notes


Default editor



The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set
the EDITOR (or HGEDITOR) environment variable
to specify your preference or set it in mercurial.ini:



[ui]
editor = whatever


Configuring a Merge program



It should be emphasized that Mercurial by itself doesn't attempt
to do a Merge at the file level, neither does it make any
attempt to Resolve the conflicts.




By default, Mercurial will use the merge program defined by the
HGMERGE environment variable, or uses the one defined
in the mercurial.ini file. (see <a<br /> href="https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MergeProgram">MergeProgram
on the Mercurial Wiki for more information)



Reporting problems




Before you report any problems, please consult the <a<br /> href="https://mercurial-scm.org/">Mercurial web site
and see if your question is already in our list of <a<br /> href="https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/FAQ">Frequently
Answered Questions (the "FAQ").




If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel free
to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a<br /> href="mailto:mercurial@mercurial-scm.org">mercurial@mercurial-scm.org.
Remember, the more useful information you include in your
report, the easier it will be for us to help you!




If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
help. Go to #mercurial on irc.freenode.net.



Author and copyright information




Mercurial was written by http://www.selenic.com">Matt
Mackall, and is maintained by Matt and a team of volunteers.




The Windows installer was written by <a<br /> href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan O'Sullivan.




Mercurial is Copyright 2005-2019 Matt Mackall and others.




Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the <a<br /> href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt">GNU
General Public License version 2 or any later version.




Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty
of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose
. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.


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