Why is the glog command gone for mercurial at ubuntu?

Question

I am using ubuntu 9.10 and installed mercurial (hg) via apt-get. If I now call

hg glog

it says: unknown command 'glog'. I am using version 1.3.1 of hg.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Since Mercurial 2.3 this - now bundled - extension is just an alias for the -G switch to hg log.

So hg log -G has the same effect these days, without having to enable it in the hgrc file.

Answer 2

Ok I had to enable it in the ~/.hgrc file:

[extensions]
hgext.graphlog = 

See also https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/GraphlogExtension