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help/dates: use DATE as place-holder in help and abort texts...
help/dates: use DATE as place-holder in help and abort texts The use of "{datetime}" was unfortunate since I as a user never knew if I was expected to do hg log -d '>{2011-04-01}' or hg log -d '>2011-04-01' The word "datetime" is also confusing -- calling it a date it much simpler.

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svn-safe-append.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
__doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b.
Without this svn will not detect workspace changes."""
import sys, os
text = sys.argv[1]
fname = sys.argv[2]
f = open(fname, "ab")
try:
before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime
f.write(text)
f.write("\n")
finally:
f.close()
inc = 1
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime
while now == before:
t = now + inc
inc += 1
os.utime(fname, (t, t))
now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime