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# help.py - help data for mercurial
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#
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# Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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#
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# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
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# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
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helptable = {
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    "dates|Date Formats":
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    r'''
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    Some commands allow the user to specify a date:
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    backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.
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    log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.
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    Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples:
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    "Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006" (local timezone assumed)
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    "Dec 6 13:18 -0600" (year assumed, time offset provided)
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    "Dec 6 13:18 UTC" (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
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    "Dec 6" (midnight)
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    "13:18" (today assumed)
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    "3:39" (3:39AM assumed)
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    "3:39pm" (15:39)
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    "2006-12-6 13:18:29" (ISO 8601 format)
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    "2006-12-6 13:18"
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    "2006-12-6"
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    "12-6"
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    "12/6"
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    "12/6/6" (Dec 6 2006)
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    Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:
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    "1165432709 0" (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)
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    This is the internal representation format for dates. unixtime is
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    the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). offset
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    is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC (negative
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    if the timezone is east of UTC).
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    The log command also accepts date ranges:
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    "<{date}" - on or before a given date
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    ">{date}" - on or after a given date
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    "{date} to {date}" - a date range, inclusive
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    "-{days}" - within a given number of days of today
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    ''',
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    'environment|env|Environment Variables':
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    r'''
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HG::
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    Path to the 'hg' executable, automatically passed when running hooks,
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    extensions or external tools. If unset or empty, an executable named
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    'hg' (with com/exe/bat/cmd extension on Windows) is searched.
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HGEDITOR::
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    This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.
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    (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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HGENCODING::
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    This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial.
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    This setting is used to convert data including usernames,
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    changeset descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can
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    be overridden with the --encoding command-line option.
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HGENCODINGMODE::
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    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters
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    while transcoding user inputs. The default is "strict", which
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    causes Mercurial to abort if it can't translate a character. Other
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    settings include "replace", which replaces unknown characters, and
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    "ignore", which drops them. This setting can be overridden with
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    the --encodingmode command-line option.
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HGMERGE::
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    An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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    will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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    ancestor file.
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    (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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HGRCPATH::
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    A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files.  Item
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    separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows.  If HGRCPATH is not set,
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    platform default search path is used.  If empty, only .hg/hgrc of
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    current repository is read.
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    For each element in path, if a directory, all entries in directory
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    ending with ".rc" are added to path.  Else, element itself is
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    added to path.
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HGUSER::
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    This is the string used for the author of a commit.
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    (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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EMAIL::
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    If HGUSER is not set, this will be used as the author for a commit.
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LOGNAME::
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    If neither HGUSER nor EMAIL is set, LOGNAME will be used (with
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    '@hostname' appended) as the author value for a commit.
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VISUAL::
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    This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.
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EDITOR::
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    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor
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    for a user to modify, for example when writing commit messages.
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    The editor it uses is determined by looking at the environment
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    variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The first
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    non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
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    defaults to 'vi'.
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PYTHONPATH::
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    This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
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    appropriately if Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
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    ''',
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    "patterns|File Name Patterns": r'''
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    Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
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    files at a time.
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    By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended
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    glob patterns.
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    Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
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    To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a
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    name with "path:".  These path names must match completely, from
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    the root of the current repository.
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    To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:".  Globs are
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    rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match
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    files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.
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    The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string
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    across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
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    To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
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    Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
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    Plain examples:
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    path:foo/bar   a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
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                   the repository
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    path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
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    Glob examples:
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    glob:*.c       any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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    *.c            any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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    **.c           any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or
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                   any subdirectory
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    foo/*.c        any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo
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    foo/**.c       any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any
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                   subdirectory
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    Regexp examples:
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    re:.*\.c$      any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository
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''',
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}
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