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−Artemis
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−=======
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−Artemis is a lightweight distributed issue tracking extension for
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−Mercurial_.  Alpha-quality `git support`_ is recently available and
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−is described in its own section below.
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−Individual issues are stored in directories in an ``.issues`` subdirectory
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−(overridable in a config file).  Each one is a Maildir_ and each one is assumed
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−to have a single root message.  Various properties of an issue are stored in the
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−headers of that message.
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−.. _Mercurial:      http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/
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−.. _`git support`:  GitSupport_
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−.. _Maildir:        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
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−One can obtain Artemis by cloning its repository:
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−.. parsed-literal::
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−    hg clone http://hg.mrzv.org/Artemis/
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−or downloading the entire `repository as a tarball`_.
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−
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−.. _`repository as a tarball`:  http://hg.mrzv.org/Artemis/archive/tip.tar.gz
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−A git mirror is `hosted on GitHub`_.
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−.. _`hosted on GitHub`: https://github.com/mrzv/artemis
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−Setup
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−-----
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−In the ``[extensions]`` section of your ``~/.hgrc`` add::
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−    artemis = /path/to/Artemis/artemis
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−Optionally, provide a section ``[artemis]``, and specify an alternative path for
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−the issues subdirectory (instead of the default ``.issues``)::
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−    [artemis]
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−    issues = _issues
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−Additionally, one can specify filters_ and output formats_.
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−
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−.. _formats:     Format_
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−Example
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−-------
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−Create an issue::
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−    # hg iadd
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−    ... enter some text in an editor ...
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−    Added new issue 907ab57e04502afd
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−
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−    # hg ilist
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−    907ab57e04502afd (  0) [new]: New issue
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−
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−    # hg ishow 907
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−    ======================================================================
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−    From: ...
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−    Date: ...
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−    Subject: New issue
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−    State: new
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−
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−    Detailed description.
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−
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−Add a comment to the issue::
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−
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−    # hg iadd 907
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−    ... enter the comment text
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−    ======================================================================
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−    From: ...
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−    [snip]
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−    Detailed description.
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−    Comments:
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−      1: [dmitriy] Some comment
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−And a comment to the comment::
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−
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−    # hg iadd 907 1
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−    ... enter the comment text ...
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−    ======================================================================
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−    From: ...
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−    [snip]
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−    Detailed description.
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−
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−    Comments:
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−      1: [dmitriy] Some comment
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−        2: [dmitriy] Comment on a comment
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−Close the issue::
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−
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−    # hg iadd 907 -p state=resolved -p resolution=fixed -n
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−    ======================================================================
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−    From: ...
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−    [snip]
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−    Detailed description.
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−
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−    Comments:
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−      1: [dmitriy] Some comment
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−        2: [dmitriy] Comment on a comment
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−      3: [dmitriy] changed properties (state=resolved, resolution=fixed)
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−    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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−No more new issues, and one resolved issue::
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−
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−    # hg ilist
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−    # hg ilist -a
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−    907ab57e04502afd (  3) [resolved=fixed]: New issue
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−The fact that issues are Maildirs, allows one to look at them in, for example,
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−``mutt`` with predictable results::
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−    mutt -Rf .issues/907ab57e04502afd
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−Commands
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−--------
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−
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−`iadd` ``[ID] [COMMENT]``
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−> Add an issue, or a comment to an existing issue or comment. The comment is
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−> recorded as a reply to the particular message. `iadd` is the only command
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−> that changes the state of the repository (by adding the new issue files to
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−> the list of tracked files or updating some of them), however, it does not
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−> perform an actual commit unless explicitly asked to do so.
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−
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−options:
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−|     |                       | description                           |
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−|-----|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
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−| -a  | --attach VALUE [+]    | attach file(s)                        |
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−|     |                       | (e.g., -a filename1 -a filename2)     |
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−| -p  | --property VALUE [+]  | update properties                     |
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−|     |                       | (e.g. -p state=fixed,                 |
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−|     |                       | -p state=resolved                     |
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−|     |                       | -p resolution=fixed)                  |
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−| -n  | --no-property-comment | do not add a comment about changed    |
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−|     |                       | properties                            |
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−| -m  | --message VALUE       | use <text> as an issue subject        |
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−| -i  | --index VALUE         | 0 based index of the message to show  |
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−|     |                       | (default: 0)                          |
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−| -c  | --commit              | perform a commit after the addition   |
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−[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
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−`ilist`
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−> List issues associated with the project
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−options:
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−
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−|     |                      | description                            |
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−|-----|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
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−| -a  | --all                | list all issues                        |
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−|     |                      | (by default only those with state new) |
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−| -p  | --property VALUE [+] | list issues with specific field values |
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−|     |                      | (e.g., -p state=fixed,                 |
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−|     |                      | -p state=resolved -p category=doc);    |
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−|     |                      | lists all possible values of a         |
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−|     |                      | property if no = sign is provided.     |
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−|     |                      | (e.g. -p category)                     |
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−|     | --all-properties     | list all available properties          |
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−| -o  | --order VALUE        | order of the issues; choices: "new"    |
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−|     |                      | (date submitted), "latest"             |
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−|     |                      | (date of the last message)             |
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−|     |                      | (default: new)                         |
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−| -d  | --date VALUE         | restrict to issues matching the date   |
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−|     |                      | (e.g., -d ">12/28/2007)"               |
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−| -f  | --filter VALUE       | restrict to pre-defined filter         |
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−|     |                      | (in .issues/.filter*)                  |
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−[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
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−`ishow` ``[ID] [COMMENT]``
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−> Shows issue ID, or possibly its comment COMMENT
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−options:
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−|     |                     | description                             |
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−|-----|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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−| -a  | --all               | list all comments                       |
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−| -s  | --skip VALUE        | skip lines starting with a substring    |
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−|     |                     | (default: >)                            |
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−| -x  | --extract VALUE [+] | extract attachments                     |
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−|     |                     | (provide attachment number as argument) |
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−| -i  | --index VALUE       | 0 based index of the message to show    |
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−|     |                     | (default: 0)                            |
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−| -o  | --output VALUE      | extract output directory                |
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−|     | --mutt              | use mutt to show issue                  |
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−[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
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−`ifind`
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−> Shows a list of issues matching the specified QUERY
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−options:
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−|     |                   | description                               |
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−|-----|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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−| -p  | --property VALUE  | issue property to match                   |
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−|     |                   | [state, from, subject, date, priority,    |
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−|     |                   | [resolution, ticket, etc..]               |
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−|     |                   | (default: subject)                        |
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−| -c  | --case-sensitive  | case sensitive search                     |
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−| -r  | --regex           | use regular expressions                   |
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−|     |                   | (exact option will be ignored)            |
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−| -e  | --exact           | use exact comparison                      |
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−|     |                   | like comparison is used if uspecified     |
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−[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
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−Filters
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−-------
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−Artemis scans all files of the form ``.issues/.filter*``, and processes them as
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−config files. Section names become filter names, and the individual settings
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−become properties. For example the following::
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−    [olddoc]
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−    category=documentation
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−    state=resolved
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−placed in a file ``.issues/.filter`` creates a filter `olddoc` which can be
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−invoked with the `ilist` command::
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−    hg ilist -f olddoc
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−Format
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−------
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−One can specify the output format for the `ilist` command. The default looks
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−like::
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−    [artemis]
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−    format = %(id)s (%(len)3d) [%(state)s]: %(subject)s
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−Artemis passes a dictionary with the issue properties to the format string.
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−(Plus ``id`` contains the issue id, and ``len`` contains the number of replies.)
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−It's possible to specify different output formats depending on the properties of
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−the issue. The conditions are encoded in the config variable names as follows::
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−    format:state*resolved&resolution*fixed  = %(id)s (%(len)3d) [fixed]: %(Subject)s
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−    format:state*resolved                   = %(id)s (%(len)3d) [%(state)s=%(resolution)s]: %(Subject)s
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−The first rule matches issues with the ``state`` property set to ``resolved``
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−and ``resolution`` set to ``fixed``; it abridges the output. The secod rule
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−matches all the ``resolved`` issues (not matched by the first rule); it annotates
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−the issue's state with its ``resolution``.
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−Finally, the dictionary passed to the format string contains a subset of
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−`ANSI codes`_, so one could color the summary lines::
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−    format:state*new = %(red)s%(bold)s%(id)s (%(len)3d) [%(state)s]: %(Subject)s%(reset)s
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−.. _`ANSI codes`:       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
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−.. _GitSupport:
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−Git
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−---
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−Artemis can now be used with git_.
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−This requires the `git-artemis` script to be in the executable path,
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−and the `artemis` module to be findable by python.  This can be done
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−by installing using the supplied `setup.py`.
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−Artemis commands are accessed from git like this::
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−    git artemis list
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−similarly for `show` or `add`.  Arguments and flags are exactly the
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−same as for the mercurial version.
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−It is not yet possible to specify formats via the `git config` command.
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−.. _git:      https://git-scm.com/