[Windows: A BUG?] (was: how to configure the global .hgrc file from the commandline)

[Becker, Mischa J]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Brauer
> Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:27 AM
> Subject: [Windows: A BUG?] (was: how to configure the global .hgrc file
> from the commandline)
>
> >>> "AF" == Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com> writes:
>
> Hi
>
> This thread is a bit old, but today I got another question of a colleague
> of mine, who uses windows (I am only acquainted with Linux and Mac).
>
> > 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
>
> He used
>
>  hg config --edit
>
> In the repository and that opened edits the .hg/hgrc file
>
> He wants however to edit is user-specific one.
>
> He and I have no idea where the user specific  file is located in Windows.
> (In Linux mac it is in the home directory /home/user or /Users/user under
> the name .hgrc)
>
> So two questions
>
>     1. Why did hg config --edit opened the local hgrc file in windows, I
>        checked this in Linux
>        hg config --edit opens the user specific one
>
>     2. Any idea where in Windows the user specific hgrc file is located?

I use TortoiseHg which uses a Mecruial.ini file instead of the .hgrc file.  On Windows 10 I find both files at C:\Users\[UserId]\

Mischa

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