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= Alias Extension =

Define convenient command aliases.

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== Status ==

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

''Original author: Brendan Cully''

== 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:

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

(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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