$ mkdir folder

  $ cd folder

  $ hg init

  $ mkdir x x/l x/m x/n x/l/u x/l/u/a

  $ touch a b x/aa.o x/bb.o

  $ hg status

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/aa.o

  ? x/bb.o

  $ hg status --terse u

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/

  $ hg status --terse maudric

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/

  $ hg status --terse madric

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/aa.o

  ? x/bb.o

  $ hg status --terse f

  abort: 'f' not recognized

  [10]

Add a .hgignore so that we can also have ignored files

  $ echo ".*\.o" > .hgignore

  $ hg status

  ? .hgignore

  ? a

  ? b

  $ hg status -i

  I x/aa.o

  I x/bb.o

Tersing ignored files

  $ hg status -t i --ignored

  I x/

Adding more files

  $ mkdir y

  $ touch x/aa x/bb y/l y/m y/l.o y/m.o

  $ touch x/l/aa x/m/aa x/n/aa x/l/u/bb x/l/u/a/bb

  $ hg status

  ? .hgignore

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/aa

  ? x/bb

  ? x/l/aa

  ? x/l/u/a/bb

  ? x/l/u/bb

  ? x/m/aa

  ? x/n/aa

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

  $ hg status --terse u

  ? .hgignore

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/

  ? y/

Run from subdirectory

  $ hg status --terse u --cwd x/l

  ? .hgignore

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/

  ? y/

  $ relstatus() {

  >   hg status --terse u --config commands.status.relative=1 "$@";

  > }

This should probably have {"l/", "m/", "n/"} instead of {"."}. They should

probably come after "../y/".

  $ relstatus --cwd x

  ? ../.hgignore

  ? ../a

  ? ../b

  ? .

  ? ../y/

This should probably have {"u/", "../m/", "../n/"} instead of {"../"}.

  $ relstatus --cwd x/l

  ? ../../.hgignore

  ? ../../a

  ? ../../b

  ? ../

  ? ../../y/

This should probably have {"a/", "bb", "../aa", "../../m/", "../../n/"}

instead of {"../../"}.

  $ relstatus --cwd x/l/u

  ? ../../../.hgignore

  ? ../../../a

  ? ../../../b

  ? ../../

  ? ../../../y/

This should probably have {"bb", "../bb", "../../aa", "../../../m/",

"../../../n/"} instead of {"../../../"}.

  $ relstatus --cwd x/l/u/a

  ? ../../../../.hgignore

  ? ../../../../a

  ? ../../../../b

  ? ../../../

  ? ../../../../y/

  $ hg add x/aa x/bb .hgignore

  $ hg status --terse au

  A .hgignore

  A x/aa

  A x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Including ignored files

  $ hg status --terse aui

  A .hgignore

  A x/aa

  A x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

  $ hg status --terse au -i

  I x/aa.o

  I x/bb.o

  I y/l.o

  I y/m.o

Committing some of the files

  $ hg commit x/aa x/bb .hgignore -m "First commit"

  $ hg status

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/aa

  ? x/l/u/a/bb

  ? x/l/u/bb

  ? x/m/aa

  ? x/n/aa

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

  $ hg status --terse mardu

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Modifying already committed files

  $ echo "Hello" >> x/aa

  $ echo "World" >> x/bb

  $ hg status --terse maurdc

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Respecting other flags

  $ hg status --terse marduic --all

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

  I x/aa.o

  I x/bb.o

  I y/l.o

  I y/m.o

  C .hgignore

  $ hg status --terse marduic -a

  $ hg status --terse marduic -c

  C .hgignore

  $ hg status --terse marduic -m

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

Passing 'i' in terse value will consider the ignored files while tersing

  $ hg status --terse marduic -u

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

Omitting 'i' in terse value does not consider ignored files while tersing

  $ hg status --terse marduc -u

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Trying with --rev

  $ hg status --terse marduic --rev 0 --rev 1

  abort: cannot use --terse with --rev

  [10]

Config item to set the default terseness

  $ cat <<EOF >> $HGRCPATH

  > [commands]

  > status.terse = u

  > EOF

  $ hg status -mu

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Command line flag overrides the default

  $ hg status --terse=

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/aa

  ? x/l/u/a/bb

  ? x/l/u/bb

  ? x/m/aa

  ? x/n/aa

  ? y/l

  ? y/m

  $ hg status --terse=mardu

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/

  ? x/m/

  ? x/n/

  ? y/

Specifying --rev should still work, with the terseness disabled.

  $ hg status --rev 0

  M x/aa

  M x/bb

  ? a

  ? b

  ? x/l/aa

  ? x/l/u/a/bb

  ? x/l/u/bb

  ? x/m/aa

  ? x/n/aa

  ? y/l

  ? y/m