您可以使用hg log with a - 模板选项，例如：
hg log --template '{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n'
这应该显示类似这样的内容（来自我本地转换为 hg 存储库的 GNU Emacs 主干的示例）：
$ hg log --limit 5 --template '{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n'
36ab2e3f8ebd | 2010-09-08 16:54:00 +0200 | agustin: textmodes/ispell.el (ispell-valid-dictionary-list): Simplify logic.
9f3ac6d4a645 | 2010-09-08 16:42:54 +0200 | michael: Migrate to Tramp 2.2. Rearrange load dependencies.
8c696d2a7695 | 2010-09-07 20:01:23 +0200 | agustin: Make sure original ispell arg list is initialized in (ispell-start-process).
b5f110747072 | 2010-09-07 06:23:16 +0000 | yamaoka: gnus-html.el (gnus-html-wash-tags, gnus-html-put-image): Mark cid and internal images as deletable by `W D D'.
b53cfb7d099e | 2010-09-07 01:20:19 +0000 | yamaoka: gnus-async.el (gnus-html-prefetch-images): Autoload it when compiling; (gnus-async-article-callback): Fix typo.
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一旦你有了一个不错的变更集单行摘要模板，你就可以添加一个命令alias在你的~/.hgrc像这样的文件：
[alias]
shortlog = log --template '{node|short} | {date|isodatesec} | {author|user}: {desc|strip|firstline}\n'
安装别名后，您现在可以输入hg shortlog, hg short甚至hg shor（唯一标识hg shortlog代替hg showconfig）和所有常用的“log”命令选项。例如，现在应该可以输入：
$ hg short -r 100:103
db9f8efcf689 | 1990-09-14 19:07:14 +0000 | jimb: *** empty log message ***
5874bf15e07d | 1990-09-19 18:22:41 +0000 | gnulists: Initial revision
797d304414fd | 1990-09-27 21:17:59 +0000 | mtr: Initial revision
b2656b7830e4 | 1990-10-09 02:52:33 +0000 | rms: *** empty log message ***
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甚至使用标签名称的东西（来自 Mercurial Crew 存储库本身的示例）：
keramida@kobe:/hg/mercurial/crew$ hg short -r 1.4 -r 1.5 -r 1.6
31ec469f9b55 | 2009-11-16 21:25:36 +0100 | mg: i18n-ja: fixed bad indentation
ff2704a8ded3 | 2010-03-05 17:24:52 -0600 | mpm: mq: drop -Q in favor of --mq only
f786fc4b8764 | 2010-06-29 12:12:34 +0200 | mads: log: follow filenames through renames (issue647)
keramida@kobe:/hg/mercurial/crew$
