Mecurial replacing values in a file that been cloned?

Question

Say I'm cloning a repository that I always clone to C:\working_copies\<customer-name>\<customer-project>\ and that the project has variables in it's build.properties that get filled in with <customer-name> <customer-project> (by me) everytime I clone the repo.

Is there a way that I can fill in these values in the file automatically by placing some special value in the file (in ant it's something like ${base-dir} or something like that) that would fill in these build.property values for me?

Answer 1

No, Mercurial is completely unaware of what is outside of it's repository folder.

Answer 2

option 1: make sure build process only relies on relative paths, and dont change name/project variable

option2: write a hook, specifically a post-clone hook, try the book for a hook tutorial

Answer 3

You should be able to rig this up using the Keyword Extension. Just set up a HGRC that populates the working directory with the values you want upon update.