[PATCH 1 of 2] Add notes about configuring a merge program
Lee Cantey
lcantey at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 11:02:50 CDT 2007
# HG changeset patch
# User Lee Cantey <lcantey at gmail.com>
# Date 1177657098 25200
# Node ID d42b818a5a7d8dbc909f2a860598eb19544e9ec1
# Parent 10edaed7f909c9b7ba1c5844e93ebf217746c8c5
Add notes about configuring a merge program
diff -r 10edaed7f909 -r d42b818a5a7d contrib/win32/ReadMe.html
--- a/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html Mon Apr 16 12:37:30 2007 -0500
+++ b/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html Thu Apr 26 23:58:18 2007 -0700
@@ -46,14 +46,21 @@ hg
other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>
<h1>Configuration notes</h1>
- <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR
+ <h4>Default editor</h4>
+ The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR
(or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in
- mercurial.ini:</p>
+ mercurial.ini:
<pre>
[ui]
editor = whatever
</pre>
+ <h4>Configuring a Merge program</h4>
+ It should be emphasized that Mercurial by itself doesn't attempt to do a
+ Merge at the file level, neither does it make any attempt to Resolve the conflicts.
+
+ By default, Mercurial will use the merge program defined by the HGMERGE environment
+ variable, or uses the one defined in the mercurial.ini file. (see <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergeProgram">MergeProgram</a> on the Mercurial Wiki for more information)
<h1>Reporting problems</h1>
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