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+[color]
+diff.hunk        = cyan
+log.changeset    = magenta
+logcust.date     = green
+logcust.user     = cyan
+logcust.decorate = yellow
+changeset.draft  = dim
+changeset.secret = dim underline
+
+[templates]
+logcust = "{phaseset} -{label('logcust.decorate', decorate)} {desc|strip|firstline} {label('logcust.date', "({date|age})")} {label('logcust.user' , "<{author|person}>")}\n"
+
+[templatealias]
+phaseset = "{label("changeset.{phase}", rev)}:{label('log.changeset', node|short)}"
+decorate = "{if(branches, " ({branches})")}{if(tags, " <{tags}>")}{if(bookmarks, " [{bookmarks}]")}{if(topics, " @{topics}")}"
+
+[committemplate]
+changeset = {desc}\n\n
+    HG: {extramsg}
+    HG: user: {author}\n{ifeq(p2rev, "-1", "",
+   "HG: branch merge\n")
+   }HG: branch '{branch}'\n{if(currentbookmark,
+   "HG: bookmark '{currentbookmark}'\n")  }{subrepos %
+   "HG: subrepo {subrepo}\n"              }
+   {splitlines(diff()) % 'HG: {line}\n'}