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     1 What is "hg purge"?
     1 What is "hg purge"?
     2 ===================
     2 ===================
     3 "purge" is a simple extension for the Mercurial source control management
     3 "purge" is a simple extension for the Mercurial source control management
     4 system (http://www.selenic.com/mercurial).
     4 system (http://www.selenic.com/mercurial).
     5 This extension adds a "purge" command to "hg" that removes files not known
     5 This extension adds a "purge" command to "hg" that removes files not known
     6 to mercurial, this is useful to test local and uncommitted changes in the
     6 to Mercurial, this is useful to test local and uncommitted changes in the
     7 otherwise clean source tree.
     7 otherwise clean source tree.
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     9 This means that Mercurial will delete:
     9 This means that Mercurial will delete:
    10  - Unknown files: files marked with "?" by "hg status"
    10  - Unknown files: files marked with "?" by "hg status"
    11  - Ignored files: files usually ignored by Mercurial because they match a
    11  - Ignored files: files usually ignored by Mercurial because they match a
    20 Be careful with "hg purge", you could irreversibly delete some files you
    20 Be careful with "hg purge", you could irreversibly delete some files you
    21 forgot to add to the repository. If you only want to print the list of
    21 forgot to add to the repository. If you only want to print the list of
    22 files that this program would delete use:
    22 files that this program would delete use:
    23   hg purge -vn
    23   hg purge -vn
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    25 "hg purge" was inspired by the "cvspurge" script contained in CVS utilities
    25 To get the most recent version of "hg purge" visit its home page:
       
    26   http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#hg-purge
       
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    28 This program was inspired by the "cvspurge" script contained in CVS utilities
    26 (http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/).
    29 (http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/).
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    29 How to install
    32 How to install
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