how to configure the global .hgrc file from the commandline

[Augie Fackler]

> On May 24, 2020, at 08:30, Uwe Brauer <oub at mat.ucm.es> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi 
> 
> That may sound bizarre. But lately I collaborate with colleagues, who
> don't have much interest in OS details, and use different OS. So it is
> sometimes not clear to me, especially for Windows users, where the
> corresponding global .hgrc is located.
> 
> That's why I would like to know how one could configure the global .hgrc
> file from the command-line, especially adding extensions.

hg config --edit # edits the user-specific hgrc, which is probably what you want
hg config --global # edits the machine-global hgrc, almost never what you want
hg config --local # edits the .hg/hgrc file

It strikes me that we might want to rename these to be --edit-user, --edit-machine-wide, and --edit-repo respectively, but these flags will always work.

When I say "edits" above, I mean "opens the specified file in your configured text editor."

> 
> I googled but could not find anything
> Thanks
> 
> Uwe Brauer
> 
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