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Copy the example script to a folder on your path (make sure the script can be executed):

cp /usr/share/doc/mercurial/examples/hgeditor ~/opt/

Comment out the following line (line 48 on my install):

# $EDITOR "$HGTMP/msg" "$HGTMP/diff" || exit $?

And replace with the following line:

vim "+e $HGTMP/diff" '+set buftype=help filetype=diff' "+vsplit $HGTMP/msg" || exit $?

Edit your ~/.hgrc file and add the following:

[ui]
editor = $HOME/opt/hgeditor

When you are ready to commit a change:

hg ci

To convert a URL like this:

into something which will always point to the latest version, just replace the funny number, 26cf48fa9384 in this case, with tip e.g: