Mercurial: make `hg log` not show files?

Question

I'm (ab)using Mercurial to manage thousands of files that change often, but I'd like to be able to view the log ( hg log ) without having my term filled with all of the filenames that changed on each commit. hg log -q is a little too quiet, since I need to see the descriptions. Is there a flag I'm missing for hg log ?

Answer 1

It sounds as if you might have the verbose flag turned on. You can check by running hg showconfig and looking for a line like ui.verbose=true .

There are a few ways you can fix it:

• remove that line from the offending configuration file (Mercurial can use several, and they vary by OS: use hg help config to list the possibilities).

• override the flag in your repository's .hg\\hgrc or your private Mercurial configuration ( Mercurial.ini or ~/.hgrc ): add the following lines to it:

  [ui]
verbose=false

• clear the verbose flag on the commandline: hg log --config ui.verbose=false .