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Template Usage

Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through templates. You can either pass in a template or select an existing template-style from the command line, via the --template option.

You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log, outgoing, incoming, tip, parents, and heads.

Some built-in styles are packaged with Mercurial. These can be listed with 'hg log --template list'. Example usage: 

$ hg log -r1.0::1.1 --template changelog

A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable expansion: 

$ hg log -r1 --template "{node}\n"
b56ce7b07c52de7d5fd79fb89701ea538af65746

Keywords

Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:

_fast_rank
the rank of a changeset if cached

The rank of a revision is the size of the sub-graph it defines as a head. Equivalently, the rank of a revision 'r' is the size of the set 'ancestors(r)', 'r' included.

activebookmark
String. The active bookmark, if it is associated with the changeset.
author
Alias for "{user}"
bisect
String. The changeset bisection status.
bookmarks
List of strings. Any bookmarks associated with the changeset. Also sets 'active', the name of the active bookmark.
branch
String. The name of the branch on which the changeset was committed.
branches
List of strings. The name of the branch on which the changeset was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was default. (DEPRECATED)
changessincelatesttag
Integer. All ancestors not in the latest tag.
children
List of strings. The children of the changeset.
currentbookmark
String. The active bookmark, if it is associated with the changeset. (DEPRECATED)
date
Date information. The date when the changeset was committed.
desc
String. The text of the changeset description.
diffstat
String. Statistics of changes with the following format: "modified files: +added/-removed lines"
envvars
A dictionary of environment variables. (EXPERIMENTAL)
extras
List of dicts with key, value entries of the 'extras' field of this changeset.
file_adds
List of strings. Files added by this changeset.
file_copies
List of strings. Files copied in this changeset with their sources.
file_copies_switch
List of strings. Like "file_copies" but displayed only if the --copied switch is set.
file_dels
List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.
file_mods
List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.
files
List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by this changeset.
gitnode: :gitnode
String. The Git changeset identification hash, as a 40 hexadecimal digit string.
graphnode
String. The character representing the changeset node in an ASCII revision graph.
graphwidth
Integer. The width of the graph drawn by 'log --graph' or zero.
index
Integer. The current iteration of the loop. (0 indexed)
instabilities
List of strings. Evolution instabilities affecting the changeset. (EXPERIMENTAL)
latesttag
List of strings. The global tags on the most recent globally tagged ancestor of this changeset. If no such tags exist, the list consists of the single string "null".
latesttagdistance
Integer. Longest path to the latest tag.
namespaces
Dict of lists. Names attached to this changeset per namespace.
negrev
Integer. The repository-local changeset negative revision number, which counts in the opposite direction.
node
String. The changeset identification hash, as a 40 hexadecimal digit string.
obsolete
String. Whether the changeset is obsolete. (EXPERIMENTAL)
onelinesummary
String. A one-line summary for the ctx (not including trailing newline). The default template be overridden in command-templates.oneline-summary.
p1
Changeset. The changeset's first parent. "{p1.rev}" for the revision number, and "{p1.node}" for the identification hash.
p1node
String. The identification hash of the changeset's first parent, as a 40 digit hexadecimal string. If the changeset has no parents, all digits are 0. (DEPRECATED)
p1rev
Integer. The repository-local revision number of the changeset's first parent, or -1 if the changeset has no parents. (DEPRECATED)
p2
Changeset. The changeset's second parent. "{p2.rev}" for the revision number, and "{p2.node}" for the identification hash.
p2node
String. The identification hash of the changeset's second parent, as a 40 digit hexadecimal string. If the changeset has no second parent, all digits are 0. (DEPRECATED)
p2rev
Integer. The repository-local revision number of the changeset's second parent, or -1 if the changeset has no second parent. (DEPRECATED)
parents
List of strings. The parents of the changeset in "rev:node" format. If the changeset has only one "natural" parent (the predecessor revision) nothing is shown.
path
String. Repository-absolute path of the current file. (EXPERIMENTAL)
peerurls
A dictionary of repository locations defined in the [paths] section of your configuration file.
phase
String. The changeset phase name.
phaseidx
Integer. The changeset phase index. (ADVANCED)
precursors
Returns the list of the closest visible predecessors. (EXPERIMENTAL)
predecessors
Returns the list of the closest visible predecessors. (EXPERIMENTAL)
reporoot
String. The root directory of the current repository.
rev
Integer. The repository-local changeset revision number.
size
Integer. Size of the current file in bytes. (EXPERIMENTAL)
status
String. Status code of the current file. (EXPERIMENTAL)
subrepos
List of strings. Updated subrepositories in the changeset.
successors
Returns a string of sets of successors for a changectx. Format used is: [ctx1, ctx2], [ctx3] if ctx has been split into ctx1 and ctx2 while also diverged into ctx3. (EXPERIMENTAL)
successorssets
Returns a string of sets of successors for a changectx. Format used is: [ctx1, ctx2], [ctx3] if ctx has been split into ctx1 and ctx2 while also diverged into ctx3. (EXPERIMENTAL)
succsandmarkers
Returns a list of dict for each final successor of ctx. The dict contains successors node id in "successors" keys and the list of obs-markers from ctx to the set of successors in "markers". (EXPERIMENTAL)
tags
List of strings. Any tags associated with the changeset.
termwidth
Integer. The width of the current terminal.
topic: :topic
String. The topic of the changeset
topicidx: :topicidx
Integer. Index of the changeset as a stack alias
user
String. The unmodified author of the changeset.
verbosity
String. The current output verbosity in 'debug', 'quiet', 'verbose', or ''.
whyunstable
List of dicts explaining all instabilities of a changeset. (EXPERIMENTAL)

The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process it. Filters are functions which return a string based on the input variable. Be sure to use the stringify filter first when you're applying a string-input filter to a list-like input variable. You can also use a chain of filters to get the desired output: 

$ hg tip --template "{date|isodate}\n"
2008-08-21 18:22 +0000

Filters

List of filters:

addbreaks
Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of every line except the last.
age
Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference between the given date/time and the current date/time.
basename
Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the last component of the path after splitting by the path separator. For example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes "baz" and "foo/bar//" becomes "".
cbor
Any object. Serializes the object to CBOR bytes.
commondir
List of text. Treats each list item as file name with / as path separator and returns the longest common directory prefix shared by all list items. Returns the empty string if no common prefix exists.

The list items are not normalized, i.e. "foo/../bar" is handled as file "bar" in the directory "foo/..". Leading slashes are ignored.

For example, ["foo/bar/baz", "foo/baz/bar"] becomes "foo" and ["foo/bar", "baz"] becomes "".

count
List or text. Returns the length as an integer.
dirname
Any text. Treats the text as a path, and strips the last component of the path after splitting by the path separator.
domain
Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an email address, and extracts just the domain component. Example: "User <user@example.com>" becomes "example.com".
email
Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like an email address. Example: "User <user@example.com>" becomes "user@example.com".
emailuser
Any text. Returns the user portion of an email address.
escape
Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters "&", "<" and ">" with XML entities, and filters out NUL characters.
fill68
Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.
fill76
Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.
firstline
Any text. Returns the first line of text.
hex
Any text. Convert a binary Mercurial node identifier into its long hexadecimal representation.
hgdate: Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers
"1157407993 25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).
isodate: Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format
"2009-08-18 13:00 +0200".
isodatesec
Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format, including seconds: "2009-08-18 13:00:13 +0200". See also the rfc3339date filter.
json
Any object. Serializes the object to a JSON formatted text.
lower
Any text. Converts the text to lowercase.
nonempty
Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.
obfuscate
Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a sequence of XML entities.
person
Any text. Returns the name before an email address, interpreting it as per RFC 5322.
reverse
List. Reverses the order of list items.
revescape
Any text. Escapes all "special" characters, except @. Forward slashes are escaped twice to prevent web servers from prematurely unescaping them. For example, "@foo bar/baz" becomes "@foo%20bar%252Fbaz".
rfc3339date
Date. Returns a date using the Internet date format specified in RFC 3339: "2009-08-18T13:00:13+02:00".
rfc822date
Date. Returns a date using the same format used in email headers: "Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:00:13 +0200".
short
Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset hash, i.e. a 12 hexadecimal digit string.
shortbisect
Any text. Treats 'label' as a bisection status, and returns a single-character representing the status (G: good, B: bad, S: skipped, U: untested, I: ignored). Returns single space if 'text' is not a valid bisection status.
shortdate
Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".
slashpath
Any text. Replaces the native path separator with slash.
splitlines
Any text. Split text into a list of lines.
stringify
Any type. Turns the value into text by converting values into text and concatenating them.
stripdir
Treat the text as path and strip a directory level, if possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes "foo".
tabindent
Any text. Returns the text, with every non-empty line except the first starting with a tab character.
upper
Any text. Converts the text to uppercase.
urlescape
Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For example, "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".
user
Any text. Returns a short representation of a user name or email address.
utf8
Any text. Converts from the local character encoding to UTF-8.

Note that a filter is nothing more than a function call, i.e. "expr|filter" is equivalent to "filter(expr)".

Functions

In addition to filters, there are some basic built-in functions:

config(section, name[, default])
Returns the requested hgrc config option as a string.
configbool(section, name[, default])
Returns the requested hgrc config option as a boolean.
configint(section, name[, default])
Returns the requested hgrc config option as an integer.
date(date[, fmt])
Format a date. See 'hg help dates' for formatting strings. The default is a Unix date format, including the timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".
dict([[key=]value...])
Construct a dict from key-value pairs. A key may be omitted if a value expression can provide an unambiguous name.
diff([includepattern [, excludepattern]])
Show a diff, optionally specifying files to include or exclude.
extdata(source)
Show a text read from the specified extdata source. (EXPERIMENTAL)
files(pattern)
All files of the current changeset matching the pattern. See 'hg help patterns'.
fill(text[, width[, initialident[, hangindent]]])
Fill many paragraphs with optional indentation. See the "fill" filter.
filter(iterable[, expr])
Remove empty elements from a list or a dict. If expr specified, it's applied to each element to test emptiness.
formatnode(node)
Obtain the preferred form of a changeset hash. (DEPRECATED)
get(dict, key)
Get an attribute/key from an object. Some keywords are complex types. This function allows you to obtain the value of an attribute on these types.
if(expr, then[, else])
Conditionally execute based on the result of an expression.
ifcontains(needle, haystack, then[, else])
Conditionally execute based on whether the item "needle" is in "haystack".
ifeq(expr1, expr2, then[, else])
Conditionally execute based on whether 2 items are equivalent.
indent(text, indentchars[, firstline])
Indents all non-empty lines with the characters given in the indentchars string. An optional third parameter will override the indent for the first line only if present.
join(list, sep)
Join items in a list with a delimiter.
label(label, expr)
Apply a label to generated content. Content with a label applied can result in additional post-processing, such as automatic colorization.
latesttag([pattern])
The global tags matching the given pattern on the most recent globally tagged ancestor of this changeset. If no such tags exist, the "{tag}" template resolves to the string "null". See 'hg help revisions.patterns' for the pattern syntax.
localdate(date[, tz])
Converts a date to the specified timezone. The default is local date.
mailmap(author)
Return the author, updated according to the value set in the .mailmap file
max(iterable)
Return the max of an iterable
min(iterable)
Return the min of an iterable
mod(a, b)
Calculate a mod b such that a / b + a mod b == a
obsfatedate(markers)
Compute obsfate related information based on markers (EXPERIMENTAL)
obsfateoperations(markers)
Compute obsfate related information based on markers (EXPERIMENTAL)
obsfateusers(markers)
Compute obsfate related information based on markers (EXPERIMENTAL)
obsfateverb(successors, markers)
Compute obsfate related information based on successors (EXPERIMENTAL)
pad(text, width[, fillchar=' '[, left=False[, truncate=False]]])
Pad text with a fill character.
relpath(path)
Convert a repository-absolute path into a filesystem path relative to the current working directory.
revset(query[, formatargs...])
Execute a revision set query. See 'hg help revset'.
rstdoc(text, style)
Format reStructuredText.
search(pattern, text)
Look for the first text matching the regular expression pattern. Groups are accessible as "{1}", "{2}", ... in %-mapped template.
separate(sep, args...)
Add a separator between non-empty arguments.
shortest(node, minlength=4)
Obtain the shortest representation of a node.
startswith(pattern, text)
Returns the value from the "text" argument if it begins with the content from the "pattern" argument.
strip(text[, chars])
Strip characters from a string. By default, strips all leading and trailing whitespace.
sub(pattern, replacement, expression)
Perform text substitution using regular expressions.
subsetparents(rev, revset)
Look up parents of the rev in the sub graph given by the revset.
word(number, text[, separator])
Return the nth word from a string.

Operators

We provide a limited set of infix arithmetic operations on integers: 

+ for addition
- for subtraction
* for multiplication
/ for floor division (division rounded to integer nearest -infinity)

Division fulfills the law x = x / y + mod(x, y).

Also, for any expression that returns a list, there is a list operator: 

expr % "{template}"

As seen in the above example, "{template}" is interpreted as a template. To prevent it from being interpreted, you can use an escape character "\{" or a raw string prefix, "r'...'".

The dot operator can be used as a shorthand for accessing a sub item:

Aliases

New keywords and functions can be defined in the "templatealias" section of a Mercurial configuration file: 

<alias> = <definition>

Arguments of the form 'a1', 'a2', etc. are substituted from the alias into the definition.

For example, 

[templatealias]
r = rev
rn = "{r}:{node|short}"
leftpad(s, w) = pad(s, w, ' ', True)

defines two symbol aliases, "r" and "rn", and a function alias "leftpad()".

It's also possible to specify complete template strings, using the "templates" section. The syntax used is the general template string syntax.

For example, 

[templates]
nodedate = "{node|short}: {date(date, "%Y-%m-%d")}\n"

defines a template, "nodedate", which can be called like: 

$ hg log -r . -Tnodedate

A template defined in "templates" section can also be referenced from another template: 

$ hg log -r . -T "{rev} {nodedate}"

but be aware that the keywords cannot be overridden by templates. For example, a template defined as "templates.rev" cannot be referenced as "{rev}".

A template defined in "templates" section may have sub templates which are inserted before/after/between items: 

[templates]
myjson = ' {dict(rev, node|short)|json}'
myjson:docheader = '\{\n'
myjson:docfooter = '\n}\n'
myjson:separator = ',\n'

Examples

Some sample command line templates:

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