CheckFilesExtension

This extension installs a commit hook to prevent tabs and trailing whitespaces locally. It also provides a command to check the working directory files and optionally to fix problems found.

1. Status

This extension is/is not distributed with Mercurial.

Author: MarcusLindblom

Download site: https://bitbucket.org/marcusl/ml-hgext/src/tip/checkfiles.py

2. Overview

2.1. Configuration

Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:

[extensions]
checkfiles = /path/to/checkfiles.py

[checkfiles]
checked_exts = .c .h .cpp .xml .cs .html .js .css .txt .py .nsi .java .aspx .asp .bat .cmd .glsl
ignored_files = foo/contains_tabs.txt bar/contains_trailing_ws.txt
tab_size = 4

2.2. Usage

hg checkfiles [options]

checks changed files in the working directory for tabs or trailing whitespace

    - --verbose shows the location of offending characters in each line
    - --quiet hides filenames and only reports summary information
    - --debug shows settings and details about each file considered for checking

    If problems are found, the command returns 1, otherwise 0.

options:

 -f --fixup    fix files by replacing tabs and removing trailing whitespace
 -t --tabsize  set the tab length (default: 8 or checkfiles.tab_size)

use "hg -v help checkfiles" to show global options

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