Adding a script to MacOS finder contextual menu

Question

I want to add an option to the finder context menu that calls hg add %1 with %1 being the full path of the selected file in finder.
Of course there are more useful cases I can think of, to add to the context menu.
Is there a simple way to do that which doesn't involve installing any 3rd party software or coding in a compiled language and building binary plugins?
Like creating a script with the script editor and dropping it in /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ ?

Answer 1

Yeah, I know this is third party software - but for the sake of a fuller overview - http://www.abracode.com/free/cmworkshop/on_my_command.html. Another tool that would make your script writing easier is http://wafflesoftware.net/thisservice/ adding items to the service menu.

Answer 2

The steps have changed for Snow Leopard/10.6+ since @khachik's correct answer. To make sure its clear, here are the steps:

• Open Automator
• Create a new Service
• Set the top two drop downs across the top to "Service receives selected files or folders in Finder.app"
• Set Pass input to as arguments
• Write your script (see below for that).
• Save and choose the service name

Your Automator window should look like the this: :

You can now select multiple files in Finder and then execute your service from the Services sub-menu.

For your script, I think you want the following. This changes to each argument's directory then adds it. I'm using a for loop because Finder allows you to select multiple files in different folders (which could be in different repositories).

for f in "$@"
do
    cd $(dirname $f); hg add $f 
done

If you assumed they are all in the same repository you could do this:

cd $(dirname $1); hg add $@

Answer 3

Open Automator, create a custom workflow. From Library choose Utilites, then drag and drop Run shell script to the workflow. Set Pass input to As arguments. Write in your script: hg add $1. Then File menu->Save as a Plugin, specify the name, choose plugin for Finder, Save. Right click on the file, choose More->Autamator-><PLUGIN_NAME>.