Test encode/decode filters $ hg init $ cat > .hg/hgrc < [encode] > not.gz = tr [:lower:] [:upper:] > *.gz = gzip -d > [decode] > not.gz = tr [:upper:] [:lower:] > *.gz = gzip > EOF $ echo "this is a test" | gzip > a.gz $ echo "this is a test" > not.gz $ hg add * $ hg ci -m "test" no changes $ hg status $ touch * no changes $ hg status check contents in repo are encoded $ hg debugdata a.gz 0 this is a test $ hg debugdata not.gz 0 THIS IS A TEST check committed content was decoded $ gunzip < a.gz this is a test $ cat not.gz this is a test $ rm * $ hg co -C 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved check decoding of our new working dir copy $ gunzip < a.gz this is a test $ cat not.gz this is a test check hg cat operation $ hg cat a.gz this is a test $ hg cat --decode a.gz | gunzip this is a test $ mkdir subdir $ cd subdir $ hg -R .. cat ../a.gz this is a test $ hg -R .. cat --decode ../a.gz | gunzip this is a test $ cd ..