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Alias Extension

This extension is currently being distributed along with Mercurial.

Author: Brendan Cully

$/!\$ In Mercurial 1.3 and newer, this is no longer an extension; the functionality (same as before) is now available from core Mercurial.

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

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.)

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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.
+/!\ In Mercurial 1.3 and newer, this is no longer an extension; the functionality (same as before) is now available from core Mercurial.

Define your own shortcuts for Mercurial's command-line user interface.
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-Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding the following lines:
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-{{{
[extensions]
alias =

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

Starting with version 1.3 it suffices to add:
+Add the following lines to a hgrc to add a llog command:
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-=== Future Work ===
+(In 1.2.1 and earlier, you also need to activate the extension from the {{{[extensions]}}} section.)

=== Ideas for improvements ===