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1 # help.py - help data for mercurial
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2 #
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3 # Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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4 #
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5 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
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6 # of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
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8 helptable = {
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9 "dates|Date Formats":
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10 r'''
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11 Some commands (backout, commit, tag) allow the user to specify a date.
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12 Many date formats are acceptible. Here are some examples:
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14 "Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006" (local timezone assumed)
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15 "Dec 6 13:18 -0600" (year assumed, time offset provided)
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16 "Dec 6 13:18 UTC" (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
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17 "Dec 6" (midnight)
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18 "13:18" (today assumed)
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19 "3:39" (3:39AM assumed)
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20 "3:39pm" (15:39)
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21 "2006-12-6 13:18:29" (ISO 8601 format)
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22 "2006-12-6 13:18"
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23 "2006-12-6"
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24 "12-6"
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25 "12/6"
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26 "12/6/6" (Dec 6 2006)
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27 "" (Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 UTC)
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29 Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:
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31 "1165432709 0" (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
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33 This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is
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34 the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset
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35 is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative
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36 if the timezone is east of UTC).
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37 ''',
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39 'environment|env|Environment Variables':
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40 r'''
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41 HGEDITOR::
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42 This is the name of the editor to use when committing. Defaults to the
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43 value of EDITOR.
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45 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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47 HGENCODING::
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48 This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial.
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49 This setting is used to convert data including usernames,
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50 changeset descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can
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51 be overridden with the --encoding command-line option.
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53 HGENCODINGMODE::
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54 This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters
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55 while transcoding user inputs. The default is "strict", which
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56 causes Mercurial to abort if it can't translate a character. Other
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57 settings include "replace", which replaces unknown characters, and
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58 "ignore", which drops them. This setting can be overridden with
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59 the --encodingmode command-line option.
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61 HGMERGE::
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62 An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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63 will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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64 ancestor file.
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65
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66 The default program is "hgmerge", which is a shell script provided
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67 by Mercurial with some sensible defaults.
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68
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69 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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71 HGRCPATH::
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72 A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files. Item
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73 separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH is not set,
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74 platform default search path is used. If empty, only .hg/hgrc of
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75 current repository is read.
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76
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77 For each element in path, if a directory, all entries in directory
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78 ending with ".rc" are added to path. Else, element itself is
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79 added to path.
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81 HGUSER::
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82 This is the string used for the author of a commit.
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84 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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86 EMAIL::
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87 If HGUSER is not set, this will be used as the author for a commit.
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89 LOGNAME::
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90 If neither HGUSER nor EMAIL is set, LOGNAME will be used (with
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91 '@hostname' appended) as the author value for a commit.
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93 EDITOR::
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94 This is the name of the editor used in the hgmerge script. It will be
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95 used for commit messages if HGEDITOR isn't set. Defaults to 'vi'.
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97 PYTHONPATH::
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98 This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
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99 appropriately if Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
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100 ''',
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102 "patterns|File Name Patterns": r'''
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103 Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
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104 files at a time.
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106 By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended
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107 glob patterns.
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109 Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
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111 To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a
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112 name with "path:". These path names must match completely, from
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113 the root of the current repository.
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115 To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are
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116 rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match
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117 files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.
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119 The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string
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120 across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
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122 To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
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123 Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
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125 Plain examples:
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127 path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
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128 the repository
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129 path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
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131 Glob examples:
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133 glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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135 **.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or
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136 any subdirectory
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137 foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo
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138 foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any
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139 subdirectory
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141 Regexp examples:
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143 re:.*\.c$ any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository
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145 ''',
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146 }
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