How set the default repository

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How can I set default remote repository for mercurial local repository?

Can you explain? Are you referring to the default URL when you execute `hg pull`? — Matthew Flaschen, Sep 27 '10 at 13:16
Yes, I get message "repository default not found" after execute "hg pull". — ceth, Sep 27 '10 at 13:19
duplicate of [Changing Mercurial “Default” Parent URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/860761/changing-mercurial-default-parent-url) ? — David Cary, Jul 26 '15 at 14:11

score 165 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 19 '20 at 15:40

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It's in the .hg/hgrc file.

[paths]
default = https://myserver/hg/repo1
default:pushurl = /home/me/mytestrepo

edited Nov 19 '20 at 15:40

Jason Robinson

answered Sep 27 '10 at 13:20

moswald

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Thanks. But may be there is any way to set it from command prompt? – ceth Sep 27 '10 at 13:33
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@demas, yes: `echo -e "[paths]\ndefault = http://myserver/hg/repo1\ndefault-push = ../mytestrepo" >> .hg/hgrc` – tonfa Sep 27 '10 at 13:38
Yeah, tonfa's right on both counts. You do it by editing a file and if you don't want to pop open an editor you could do it by shell redirect. There's no 'set' command. – Ry4an Brase Sep 27 '10 at 13:56
The default-push line makes hg push hanging at "...repository locked by hostname:xxxx" – qed Mar 06 '14 at 14:55
That means that a process running on machine *hostname* connected on port *xxxx* has locked your repository. It has nothing to do with the `default-push` line. – moswald Mar 06 '14 at 15:37
For anyone new, Mercurial has added a new `--edit` option for the `config` command, which will open your config files in an editor. It's not as simple as `hg config set default=http://myserver/hg/repo1`, but it's a start. – moswald May 05 '14 at 15:04
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@demas if you clone it from the original repo, it will set the path correctly--that's the only sane way to do it from the command line. – weberc2 Jan 06 '15 at 07:13
My .hg directory has no hgrc file. – felwithe Jul 21 '16 at 17:34
Just create one with the above contents. There's nothing magical about them. – moswald Jul 21 '16 at 18:10
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`man hgrc` says that nowadays (9 years later:-) it should be `default:pushurl` instead of default-push. – Harald May 13 '19 at 12:40

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