--- a/doc/hg.1.txt	Fri Feb 17 17:41:23 2006 -0600
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt	Sat Feb 18 06:50:22 2006 +0100
@@ -543,10 +543,12 @@
 
     options:
     -A, --accesslog <file>   name of access log file to write to
+    -d, --daemon             run server in background, as a daemon
     -E, --errorlog <file>    name of error log file to write to
     -a, --address <addr>     address to use
     -p, --port <n>           port to use (default: 8000)
     -n, --name <name>        name to show in web pages (default: working dir)
+    --pid-file <file>        write server process ID to given file
     -t, --templatedir <path> web templates to use
     -6, --ipv6               use IPv6 in addition to IPv4
 

--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Feb 17 17:41:23 2006 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Feb 18 06:50:22 2006 +0100
@@ -2022,6 +2022,16 @@
         if opts[o]:
             ui.setconfig("web", o, opts[o])
 
+    if opts['daemon'] and not opts['daemon_pipefds']:
+        rfd, wfd = os.pipe()
+        args = sys.argv[:]
+        args.append('--daemon-pipefds=%d,%d' % (rfd, wfd))
+        pid = os.spawnvp(os.P_NOWAIT | getattr(os, 'P_DETACH', 0),
+                         args[0], args)
+        os.close(wfd)
+        os.read(rfd, 1)
+        os._exit(0)
+
     try:
         httpd = hgweb.create_server(repo)
     except socket.error, inst:
@@ -2040,6 +2050,25 @@
             ui.status(_('listening at http://%s:%d/\n') % (addr, port))
         else:
             ui.status(_('listening at http://%s/\n') % addr)
+
+    if opts['pid_file']:
+        fp = open(opts['pid_file'], 'w')
+        fp.write(str(os.getpid()))
+        fp.close()
+
+    if opts['daemon_pipefds']:
+        rfd, wfd = [int(x) for x in opts['daemon_pipefds'].split(',')]
+        os.close(rfd)
+        os.write(wfd, 'y')
+        os.close(wfd)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        sys.stderr.flush()
+        fd = os.open(util.nulldev, os.O_RDWR)
+        if fd != 0: os.dup2(fd, 0)
+        if fd != 1: os.dup2(fd, 1)
+        if fd != 2: os.dup2(fd, 2)
+        if fd not in (0, 1, 2): os.close(fd)
+
     httpd.serve_forever()
 
 def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
@@ -2476,11 +2505,14 @@
     "^serve":
         (serve,
          [('A', 'accesslog', '', _('name of access log file to write to')),
+          ('d', 'daemon', None, _('run server in background')),
+          ('', 'daemon-pipefds', '', _('used internally by daemon mode')),
           ('E', 'errorlog', '', _('name of error log file to write to')),
           ('p', 'port', 0, _('port to use (default: 8000)')),
           ('a', 'address', '', _('address to use')),
           ('n', 'name', '',
            _('name to show in web pages (default: working dir)')),
+          ('', 'pid-file', '', _('name of file to write process ID to')),
           ('', 'stdio', None, _('for remote clients')),
           ('t', 'templates', '', _('web templates to use')),
           ('', 'style', '', _('template style to use')),