hg debuginstall $ hg debuginstall checking encoding (ascii)... checking Python executable (*) (glob) checking Python version (2.*) (glob) checking Python lib (*lib*)... (glob) checking installed modules (*mercurial)... (glob) checking templates (*mercurial?templates)... (glob) checking commit editor... checking username... no problems detected hg debuginstall with no username $ HGUSER= hg debuginstall checking encoding (ascii)... checking Python executable (*) (glob) checking Python version (2.*) (glob) checking Python lib (*lib*)... (glob) checking installed modules (*mercurial)... (glob) checking templates (*mercurial?templates)... (glob) checking commit editor... checking username... no username supplied (specify a username in your configuration file) 1 problems detected, please check your install! [1] path variables are expanded (~ is the same as $TESTTMP) $ mkdir tools $ touch tools/testeditor.exe #if execbit $ chmod 755 tools/testeditor.exe #endif $ hg debuginstall --config ui.editor=~/tools/testeditor.exe checking encoding (ascii)... checking Python executable (*) (glob) checking Python version (*) (glob) checking Python lib (*lib*)... (glob) checking installed modules (*mercurial)... (glob) checking templates (*mercurial?templates)... (glob) checking commit editor... checking username... no problems detected