annotate doc/hg.1.txt @ 1249:a5355fa5e33a

Fix up copy command to behave more like regular "cp". In addition to recording changes, copy now updates the working directory.
author Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
date Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:29:02 -0700
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1 HG(1)
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2 =====
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3 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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5 NAME
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6 ----
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7 hg - Mercurial source code management system
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9 SYNOPSIS
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10 --------
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11 'hg' [-v -d -q -y] <command> [command options] [files]
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13 DESCRIPTION
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14 -----------
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15 The hg(1) command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial system.
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17 OPTIONS
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18 -------
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20 -R, --repository::
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23 --cwd::
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24 change working directory
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26 -y, --noninteractive::
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27 do not prompt, assume 'yes' for any required answers
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29 -q, --quiet::
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30 suppress output
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32 -v, --verbose::
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33 enable additional output
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35 --debug::
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36 enable debugging output
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38 --traceback::
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39 print traceback on exception
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41 --time::
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42 time how long the command takes
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48 output version information and exit
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50 -h, --help::
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51 display help and exit
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53 COMMAND ELEMENTS
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57 indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see
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58 "FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching
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60 path::
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63 revision::
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64 indicates a changeset which can be specified as a changeset revision
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65 number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset hash value
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73 COMMANDS
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76 add [options] [files ...]::
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77 Schedule files to be version controlled and added to the repository.
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79 The files will be added to the repository at the next commit.
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82 its subdirectories.
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84 addremove [options] [files ...]::
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85 Add all new files and remove all missing files from the repository.
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88 with add, these changes take effect at the next commit.
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90 annotate [-r <rev> -u -n -c] [files ...]::
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91 List changes in files, showing the revision id responsible for each line
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94 place.
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101 -a, --text treat all files as text
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104 -r, --revision <rev> annotate the specified revision
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105 -u, --user list the author
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106 -c, --changeset list the changeset
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107 -n, --number list the revision number (default)
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109 bundle <file> <other>::
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110 (EXPERIMENTAL)
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112 Generate a compressed changegroup file collecting all changesets
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113 not found in the other repository.
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115 This file can then be transferred using conventional means and
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116 applied to another repository with the unbundle command. This is
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117 useful when native push and pull are not available or when
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118 exporting an entire repository is undesirable. The standard file
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119 extension is ".hg".
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121 Unlike import/export, this exactly preserves all changeset
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122 contents including permissions, rename data, and revision history.
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125 Output to stdout the given revision for the specified file.
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127 If no revision is given then the tip is used.
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129 clone [-U] <source> [dest]::
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130 Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory.
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136 future pulls.
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138 For efficiency, hardlinks are used for cloning whenever the
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139 source and destination are on the same filesystem.
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142 -U, --noupdate do not update the new working directory
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143 -e, --ssh specify ssh command to use
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144 --remotecmd specify hg command to run on the remote side
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147 Commit changes to the given files into the repository.
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157 -A, --addremove run addremove during commit
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159 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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160 -m, --message <text> use <text> as commit message
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161 -l, --logfile <file> read the commit message from <file>
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162 -d, --date <datecode> record datecode as commit date
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163 -u, --user <user> record user as commiter
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167 copy <source ...> <dest>::
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168 Mark dest as having copies of source files. If dest is a
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172 By default, this command copies the contents of files as they
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174 operation is recorded, but no copying is performed.
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176 This command takes effect for the next commit.
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177
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178 Options:
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179 -A, --after record a copy that has already occurred
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180 -f, --force forcibly copy over an existing managed file
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181 -p, --parents append source path to dest
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183 diff [-a] [-r revision] [-r revision] [files ...]::
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184 Show differences between revisions for the specified files.
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186 Differences between files are shown using the unified diff format.
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188 When two revision arguments are given, then changes are shown
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189 between those revisions. If only one revision is specified then
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190 that revision is compared to the working directory, and, when no
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191 revisions are specified, the working directory files are compared
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192 to its parent.
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194 Without the -a option, diff will avoid generating diffs of files
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195 it detects as binary. With -a, diff will generate a diff anyway,
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196 probably with undesirable results.
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198 options:
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199 -a, --text treat all files as text
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200 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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201 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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203 export [-o filespec] [revision] ...::
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204 Print the changeset header and diffs for one or more revisions.
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206 The information shown in the changeset header is: author,
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207 changeset hash, parent and commit comment.
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209 Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is
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210 given using a format string. The formatting rules are as follows:
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211
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212 %% literal "%" character
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213 %H changeset hash (40 bytes of hexadecimal)
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214 %N number of patches being generated
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215 %R changeset revision number
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216 %b basename of the exporting repository
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217 %h short-form changeset hash (12 bytes of hexadecimal)
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218 %n zero-padded sequence number, starting at 1
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219 %r zero-padded changeset revision number
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221 Without the -a option, export will avoid generating diffs of files
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222 it detects as binary. With -a, export will generate a diff anyway,
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223 probably with undesirable results.
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224
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225 options:
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226 -a, --text treat all files as text
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227 -o, --output <filespec> print output to file with formatted named
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228
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229 forget [options] [files]::
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230 Undo an 'hg add' scheduled for the next commit.
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231
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232 options:
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233 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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234 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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236 grep [options] pattern [files]::
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237 Search revisions of files for a regular expression.
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238
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239 This command behaves differently than Unix grep. It only accepts
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240 Python/Perl regexps. It searches repository history, not the
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241 working directory. It always prints the revision number in which
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242 a match appears.
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243
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244 By default, grep only prints output for the first revision of a
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245 file in which it finds a match. To get it to print every revision
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246 that contains a change in match status ("-" for a match that
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247 becomes a non-match, or "+" for a non-match that becomes a match),
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248 use the --all flag.
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250 options:
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251 -0, --print0 end fields with NUL
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252 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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253 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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254 --all print all revisions that match
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255 -i, --ignore-case ignore case when matching
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256 -l, --files-with-matches print only file names and revs that match
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257 -n, --line-number print matching line numbers
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258 -r <rev>, --rev <rev> search in given revision range
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259 -u, --user print user who committed change
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261 heads::
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262 Show all repository head changesets.
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264 Repository "heads" are changesets that don't have children
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265 changesets. They are where development generally takes place and
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266 are the usual targets for update and merge operations.
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268 identify::
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269 Print a short summary of the current state of the repo.
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271 This summary identifies the repository state using one or two parent
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272 hash identifiers, followed by a "+" if there are uncommitted changes
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273 in the working directory, followed by a list of tags for this revision.
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275 aliases: id
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276
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277 import [-p <n> -b <base> -f] <patches>::
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278 Import a list of patches and commit them individually.
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280 If there are outstanding changes in the working directory, import
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281 will abort unless given the -f flag.
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283 If a patch looks like a mail message (its first line starts with
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284 "From " or looks like an RFC822 header), it will not be applied
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285 unless the -f option is used. The importer neither parses nor
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286 discards mail headers, so use -f only to override the "mailness"
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287 safety check, not to import a real mail message.
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289 options:
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290 -p, --strip <n> directory strip option for patch. This has the same
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292 -b <path> base directory to read patches from
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293 -f, --force skip check for outstanding uncommitted changes
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295 aliases: patch
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296
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297 incoming [-p] [source]::
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298 Show new changesets found in the specified repo or the default
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299 pull repo. These are the changesets that would be pulled if a pull
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300 was requested.
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302 Currently only local repositories are supported.
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304 options:
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305 -p, --patch show patch
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307 aliases: in
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309 init [dest]::
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310 Initialize a new repository in the given directory. If the given
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311 directory does not exist, it is created.
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313 If no directory is given, the current directory is used.
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315 locate [options] [files]::
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316 Print all files under Mercurial control whose names match the
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317 given patterns.
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319 This command searches the current directory and its
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320 subdirectories. To search an entire repository, move to the root
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321 of the repository.
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323 If no patterns are given to match, this command prints all file
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324 names.
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326 If you want to feed the output of this command into the "xargs"
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327 command, use the "-0" option to both this command and "xargs".
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328 This will avoid the problem of "xargs" treating single filenames
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329 that contain white space as multiple file names.
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331 options:
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332
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333 -0, --print0 end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs
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334 -f, --fullpath print complete paths from the filesystem root
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335 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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336 -r, --rev <rev> search the repository as it stood at rev
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337 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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338
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339 log [-r revision ...] [-p] [files]::
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340 Print the revision history of the specified files or the entire project.
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342 By default this command outputs: changeset id and hash, tags,
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343 parents, user, date and time, and a summary for each commit. The
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344 -v switch adds some more detail, such as changed files, manifest
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345 hashes or message signatures.
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346
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347 options:
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348 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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349 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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350 -r, --rev <A> show the specified revision or range
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351 -p, --patch show patch
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352
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353 aliases: history
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354
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355 manifest [revision]::
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356 Print a list of version controlled files for the given revision.
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357
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358 The manifest is the list of files being version controlled. If no revision
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359 is given then the tip is used.
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360
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361 outgoing [-p] [dest]::
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362 Show changesets not found in the specified destination repo or the
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363 default push repo. These are the changesets that would be pushed
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364 if a push was requested.
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365
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366 options:
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367 -p, --patch show patch
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368
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369 aliases: out
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371 parents::
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372 Print the working directory's parent revisions.
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373
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374 paths [NAME]::
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375 Show definition of symbolic path name NAME. If no name is given, show
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376 definition of available names.
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377
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378 Path names are defined in the [paths] section of /etc/mercurial/hgrc
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379 and $HOME/.hgrc. If run inside a repository, .hg/hgrc is used, too.
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380
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381 pull <repository path>::
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382 Pull changes from a remote repository to a local one.
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383
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384 This finds all changes from the repository at the specified path
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385 or URL and adds them to the local repository. By default, this
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386 does not update the copy of the project in the working directory.
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387
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388 Valid URLs are of the form:
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389
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390 local/filesystem/path
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391 http://[user@]host[:port][/path]
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392 https://[user@]host[:port][/path]
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393 ssh://[user@]host[:port][/path]
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394
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395 SSH requires an accessible shell account on the destination
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396 machine and a copy of hg in the remote path.
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398 options:
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399 -u, --update update the working directory to tip after pull
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400 -e, --ssh specify ssh command to use
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401 --remotecmd specify hg command to run on the remote side
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402
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403 push <destination>::
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404 Push changes from the local repository to the given destination.
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406 This is the symmetrical operation for pull. It helps to move
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407 changes from the current repository to a different one. If the
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408 destination is local this is identical to a pull in that directory
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409 from the current one.
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410
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411 By default, push will refuse to run if it detects the result would
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412 increase the number of remote heads. This generally indicates the
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413 the client has forgotten to sync and merge before pushing.
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414
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415 Valid URLs are of the form:
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416
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417 local/filesystem/path
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418 ssh://[user@]host[:port][/path]
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419
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420 SSH requires an accessible shell account on the destination
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421 machine and a copy of hg in the remote path.
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423 options:
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424
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425 -f, --force force update
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426 -e, --ssh specify ssh command to use
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427 --remotecmd specify hg command to run on the remote side
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428
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429 rawcommit [-p -d -u -F -m -l]::
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430 Lowlevel commit, for use in helper scripts.
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431
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432 This command is not intended to be used by normal users, as it is
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433 primarily useful for importing from other SCMs.
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434
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435 recover::
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436 Recover from an interrupted commit or pull.
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438 This command tries to fix the repository status after an interrupted
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439 operation. It should only be necessary when Mercurial suggests it.
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440
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441 remove [options] [files ...]::
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442 Schedule the indicated files for removal from the repository.
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443
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444 This command schedules the files to be removed at the next commit.
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445 This only removes files from the current branch, not from the
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446 entire project history. If the files still exist in the working
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447 directory, they will be deleted from it.
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448
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449 aliases: rm
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451 revert [names ...]::
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452 Revert any uncommitted modifications made to the named files or
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453 directories. This restores the contents of the affected files to
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454 an unmodified state.
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455
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456 If a file has been deleted, it is recreated. If the executable
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457 mode of a file was changed, it is reset.
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458
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459 If a directory is given, all files in that directory and its
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460 subdirectories are reverted.
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462 If no arguments are given, all files in the current directory and
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463 its subdirectories are reverted.
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465 options:
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466 -r, --rev <rev> revision to revert to
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467 -n, --nonrecursive do not recurse into subdirectories
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468
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469 root::
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470 Print the root directory of the current repository.
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472 serve [options]::
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473 Start a local HTTP repository browser and pull server.
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474
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475 By default, the server logs accesses to stdout and errors to
8e82fd763be2 [PATCH] Get "hg serve" to optionally log accesses and errors to files
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476 stderr. Use the "-A" and "-E" options to log to files.
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diff changeset
477
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478 options:
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479 -A, --accesslog <file> name of access log file to write to
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480 -E, --errorlog <file> name of error log file to write to
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481 -a, --address <addr> address to use
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482 -p, --port <n> port to use (default: 8000)
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483 -n, --name <name> name to show in web pages (default: working dir)
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484 -t, --templatedir <path> web templates to use
825
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485 -6, --ipv6 use IPv6 in addition to IPv4
177
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486
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487 status [options] [files]::
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488 Show changed files in the working directory. If no names are
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489 given, all files are shown. Otherwise, only files matching the
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490 given names are shown.
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491
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492 The codes used to show the status of files are:
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493
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494 M = changed
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495 A = added
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496 R = removed
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497 ? = not tracked
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498
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499 options:
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500
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tksoh@users.sourceforge.net
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501 -m, --modified show only modified files
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502 -a, --added show only added files
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503 -r, --removed show only removed files
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504 -u, --unknown show only unknown (not tracked) files
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505 -n, --no-status hide status prefix
1088
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TK Soh <teekaysoh@yahoo.com>
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506 -0, --print0 end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs
811
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507 -I, --include <pat> include names matching the given patterns
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508 -X, --exclude <pat> exclude names matching the given patterns
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509
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510 tag [-l -m <text> -d <datecode> -u <user>] <name> [revision]::
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511 Name a particular revision using <name>.
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512
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513 Tags are used to name particular revisions of the repository and are
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514 very useful to compare different revision, to go back to significant
498
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515 earlier versions or to mark branch points as releases, etc.
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516
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517 If no revision is given, the tip is used.
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518
498
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519 To facilitate version control, distribution, and merging of tags,
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520 they are stored as a file named ".hgtags" which is managed
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521 similarly to other project files and can be hand-edited if
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522 necessary.
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523
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524 options:
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525 -l, --local make the tag local
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Andrew Thompson <andrewkt@aktzero.com>
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526 -m, --message <text> message for tag commit log entry
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527 -d, --date <datecode> datecode for commit
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528 -u, --user <user> user for commit
177
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529
631
a287f6cd9c6b Update documentation of hg tag
Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl>
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530 Note: Local tags are not version-controlled or distributed and are
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531 stored in the .hg/localtags file. If there exists a local tag and
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532 a public tag with the same name, local tag is used.
498
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533
177
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534 tags::
478
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Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
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535 List the repository tags.
438
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536
498
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537 This lists both regular and local tags.
497
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538
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539 tip::
478
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parents: 438
diff changeset
540 Show the tip revision.
177
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541
1218
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542 unbundle <file>::
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mpm@selenic.com
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543 (EXPERIMENTAL)
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544
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545 Apply a compressed changegroup file generated by the bundle
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546 command.
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547
196
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548 undo::
438
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549 Undo the last commit or pull transaction.
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550
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parents: 588
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551 Roll back the last pull or commit transaction on the
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
mpm@selenic.com
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552 repository, restoring the project to its earlier state.
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
mpm@selenic.com
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553
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
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554 This command should be used with care. There is only one level of
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
mpm@selenic.com
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555 undo and there is no redo.
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
mpm@selenic.com
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556
c2c2c6d617bd Expand undo docs
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557 This command is not intended for use on public repositories. Once
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558 a change is visible for pull by other users, undoing it locally is
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559 ineffective.
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560
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561 update [-m -C] [revision]::
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562 Update the working directory to the specified revision.
438
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563
498
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564 By default, update will refuse to run if doing so would require
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mpm@selenic.com
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565 merging or discarding local changes.
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mpm@selenic.com
parents: 497
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566
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567 With the -m option, a merge will be performed.
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568
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569 With the -C option, local changes will be lost.
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570
438
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571 options:
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572 -m, --merge allow merging of branches
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573 -C, --clean overwrite locally modified files
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574
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575 aliases: up checkout co
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576
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577 verify::
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578 Verify the integrity of the current repository.
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579
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580 This will perform an extensive check of the repository's
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581 integrity, validating the hashes and checksums of each entry in
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582 the changelog, manifest, and tracked files, as well as the
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583 integrity of their crosslinks and indices.
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584
724
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585 FILE NAME PATTERNS
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586 ------------------
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587
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588 Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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589 file at a time.
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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590
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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parents: 671
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591 By default, Mercurial treats file names as shell-style extended
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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parents: 671
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592 glob patterns.
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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parents: 671
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593
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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594 Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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595
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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596 To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a
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597 name with "path:". These path names must match completely, from
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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598 the root of the current repository.
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parents: 671
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599
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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600 To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are
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601 rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match
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602 files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.
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603
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604 The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string
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605 across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
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606
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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607 To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
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608 Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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609
1c0c413cccdd Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
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610 Plain examples:
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611
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612 path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
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613 the repository
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614 path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
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615
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616 Glob examples:
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617
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618 glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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619 *.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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620 **.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or
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621 any subdirectory
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622 foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo
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623 foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any
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624 subdirectory
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625
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626 Regexp examples:
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627
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629
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631 SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS
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633
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634 Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying individual
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635 revisions.
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636
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637 A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative
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638 integers are treated as offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the
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639 tip.
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641 A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
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642 identifier.
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643
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644 A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
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645 unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form
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646 identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the
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647 prefix of one full-length identifier.
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648
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649 Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic
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650 name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not
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651 contain the ":" character.
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652
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653 The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies
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654 the most recent revision.
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655
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656 SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS
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658
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659 When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be
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660 specified individually, or provided as a continuous range,
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661 separated by the ":" character.
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662
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663 The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END
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664 are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If
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665 BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END
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666 is not specified, it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus
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667 means "all revisions".
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668
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669 If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse
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670 order.
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671
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672 A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
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673 gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 4:2 gives 4, 3, and 2.
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675 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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677
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678 HGEDITOR::
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679 This is the name of the editor to use when committing. Defaults to the
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680 value of EDITOR.
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681
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682 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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683
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684 HGMERGE::
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685 An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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686 will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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687 ancestor file.
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688
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689 The default program is "hgmerge", which is a shell script provided
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690 by Mercurial with some sensible defaults.
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692 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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693
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694 HGUSER::
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695 This is the string used for the author of a commit.
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697 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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698
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699 EMAIL::
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700 If HGUSER is not set, this will be used as the author for a commit.
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702 LOGNAME::
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703 If neither HGUSER nor EMAIL is set, LOGNAME will be used (with
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704 '@hostname' appended) as the author value for a commit.
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706 EDITOR::
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707 This is the name of the editor used in the hgmerge script. It will be
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708 used for commit messages if HGEDITOR isn't set. Defaults to 'vi'.
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709
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710 PYTHONPATH::
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711 This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
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712 appropriately if Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
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714 FILES
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716 .hgignore::
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717 This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that describe file
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718 names that should be ignored by hg.
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719
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720 .hgtags::
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721 This file contains changeset hash values and text tag names (one of each
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722 separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of the repository
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723 contents.
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725 /etc/mercurial/hgrc, $HOME/.hgrc, .hg/hgrc::
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726 This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in .hg/hgrc
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727 override those in $HOME/.hgrc, and these override settings made in the
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728 global /etc/mercurial/hgrc configuration. See hgrc(5) for details of
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729 the contents and format of these files.
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730
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731 BUGS
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732 ----
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733 Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources below)
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734 when you find them.
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735
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736 SEE ALSO
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737 --------
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738 hgrc(5)
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739
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740 AUTHOR
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741 ------
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742 Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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743
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744 RESOURCES
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745 ---------
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746 http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site]
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747
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748 http://www.serpentine.com/mercurial[Wiki site]
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749
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750 http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository]
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751
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752 http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list]
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753
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754 COPYING
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755 -------
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756 Copyright (C) 2005 Matt Mackall.
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757 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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758 Public License (GPL).