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Alias Extension

Define convenient command aliases.

Contents

Status
Overview
Configuration
Ideas for improvements

1. Status

This extension has been moved into core Mercurial as of 1.3.

Original author: Brendan Cully

2. Overview

Define your own shortcuts for Mercurial's command-line user interface.

3. Configuration

Add the following lines to a hgrc to add a llog command:

[alias]
# short log
llog = log --limit 10

(In 1.2.1 and earlier, you also need to activate the extension from the [extensions] section.)

4. Ideas for improvements

Support for global options like --config in extension definitions
Shell aliases
Argument substitution
```
mq = hg -R $(hg root)/.hg/patches $*
```
Pipes
```
hgrep = hg manifest | grep $*
```
Recursive alias definitions:
```
foo = bar
bar = log
```

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-== Extension Name ==
+= Alias Extension =
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-'''This extension is not distributed with Mercurial.'''
+Define convenient command aliases.
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-''Author: Brendan Cully''
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-Download site: [http://hg.kublai.com/mercurial/extensions/alias]
+== Status ==
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-=== Overview ===
+{i} '''This extension has been moved into core Mercurial as of 1.3.'''
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-Just enable the extension, then define your own command aliases in your hgrc.
For example, the configuration below gives you a new {{{llog}} command.
+''Original author: Brendan Cully''
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-=== Configuration ===
Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:
+== Overview ==

Define your own shortcuts for Mercurial's command-line user interface.

== Configuration ==

Add the following lines to a hgrc to add a llog command:
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-[extensions]
alias = /path/to/alias

[aliases]
+[alias]
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+(In 1.2.1 and earlier, you also need to activate the extension from the {{{[extensions]}}} section.)

== Ideas for improvements ==
 * Support for global options like --config in extension definitions
 * Shell aliases
 * Argument substitution
 {{{
mq = hg -R $(hg root)/.hg/patches $*
}}}
 * Pipes
 {{{
hgrep = hg manifest | grep $*
}}}
 * Recursive alias definitions:
 {{{
foo = bar
bar = log
}}}
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Diff for "AliasExtension"

Alias Extension

1. Status

2. Overview

3. Configuration

4. Ideas for improvements