[Bug 4987] New: Mercurial should offer more guidance to set username

[mercurial-bugs at selenic.com]

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4987

            Bug ID: 4987
           Summary: Mercurial should offer more guidance to set username
           Product: Mercurial
           Version: 3.6.2
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Mac OS
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: feature
          Priority: wish
         Component: Mercurial
          Assignee: bugzilla at selenic.com
          Reporter: lcharignon at fb.com
                CC: mercurial-devel at selenic.com

When someone starts using mercurial for the first time, here is what could
happen:
$ cd foo/
$ touch o
$ hg add o
$ hg commit -m "first commit"
abort: no username supplied
(use "hg config --edit" to set your username)
$ hg config --edit

Then the user is prompted with his/her text editor to edit the config file.
There is no guidance about what to do there to set the username.
If someone tries the naive: "username=FirstName LastName email at address.com", it
won't work because username has to be set in the UI section.

New users should be guided on how to set their username.

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