--- /dev/null
+The mercurial backend is broken when no changelog message is given.
+
+Here is a quick patch, partialy copying the svn backend.
+
+ --- /usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Rcs/mercurial.pm 2007-03-18 23:19:40.000000000 +0100
+ +++ ./mercurial.pm 2007-03-24 13:11:36.000000000 +0100
+ @@ -70,12 +70,15 @@
+
+ if (defined $user) {
+ $user = possibly_foolish_untaint($user);
+ + $message="web commit by $user".(length $message ? ": $message" : "");
+ }
+ elsif (defined $ipaddr) {
+ $user = "Anonymous from $ipaddr";
+ + $message="web commit from $ipaddr".(length $message ? ": $message" : "");
+ }
+ else {
+ $user = "Anonymous";
+ + $message="web commit by Anonymous".(length $message ? ": $message" : "");
+ }
+
+ $message = possibly_foolish_untaint($message);
\ No newline at end of file