HG(1)

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Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

NAME

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hg - Mercurial source code management system

SYNOPSIS

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'hg' [global option]... <command> [command/global option]... [argument]...

DESCRIPTION

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The hg(1) command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial system.

COMMAND ELEMENTS

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files ...::

    indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see

    "FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching

path::

    indicates a path on the local machine

revision::

    indicates a changeset which can be specified as a changeset revision

    number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset hash value

repository path::

    either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote

    repository.  There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is

    fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not

    require a special server on the web host.

include::hg.1.gendoc.txt[]

FILE NAME PATTERNS

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    Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more

    files at a time.

    By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended

    glob patterns.

    Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.

    To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a

    name with "path:".  These path names must match completely, from

    the root of the current repository.

    To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:".  Globs are

    rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match

    files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.

    The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string

    across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".

    To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".

    Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.

    Plain examples:

    path:foo/bar   a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of

                   the repository

    path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"

    Glob examples:

    glob:*.c       any name ending in ".c" in the current directory

    *.c            any name ending in ".c" in the current directory

    **.c           any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or

                   any subdirectory

    foo/*.c        any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo

    foo/**.c       any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any

                   subdirectory

    Regexp examples:

    re:.*\.c$      any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository

SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS

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    Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying individual

    revisions.

    A plain integer is treated as a revision number.  Negative

    integers are treated as offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the

    tip.

    A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision

    identifier.

    A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a

    unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form

    identifier.  A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the

    prefix of one full-length identifier.

    Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic

    name associated with a revision identifier.  Tag names may not

    contain the ":" character.

    The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies

    the most recent revision.

SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS

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    When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be

    specified individually, or provided as a continuous range,

    separated by the ":" character.

    The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END

    are revision identifiers.  Both BEGIN and END are optional.  If

    BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0.  If END

    is not specified, it defaults to the tip.  The range ":" thus

    means "all revisions".

    If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse

    order.

    A range acts as a closed interval.  This means that a range of 3:5

    gives 3, 4 and 5.  Similarly, a range of 4:2 gives 4, 3, and 2.

FILES

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 .hgignore::

    This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that describe file

    names that should be ignored by hg. For details, see hgignore(5).

 .hgtags::

    This file contains changeset hash values and text tag names (one of each

    separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of the repository

    contents.

 /etc/mercurial/hgrc, $HOME/.hgrc, .hg/hgrc::

    This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in .hg/hgrc

    override those in $HOME/.hgrc, and these override settings made in the

    global /etc/mercurial/hgrc configuration.  See hgrc(5) for details of

    the contents and format of these files.

Some commands (e.g. revert) produce backup files ending in .orig, if

the .orig file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial, it

will be overwritten.

BUGS

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Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources below)

when you find them.

SEE ALSO

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hgignore(5), hgrc(5)

AUTHOR

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Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>

RESOURCES

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http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site]

http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository]

http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list]

COPYING

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Copyright \(C) 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall.

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General

Public License (GPL).