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author Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>
date Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:58:32 -0400
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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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4
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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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12
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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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16
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17 COMMAND ELEMENTS
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18 ----------------
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20 files ...::
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21 indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see
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22 "FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching
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24 path::
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25 indicates a path on the local machine
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27 revision::
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28 indicates a changeset which can be specified as a changeset revision
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29 number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset hash value
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31 repository path::
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32 either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
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33 repository. There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is
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34 fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
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35 require a special server on the web host.
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38 include::hg.1.gendoc.txt[]
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40 FILE NAME PATTERNS
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41 ------------------
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42
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43 Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
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44 files at a time.
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46 By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended
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47 glob patterns.
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48
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49 Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
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50
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51 To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a
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52 name with "path:". These path names must match completely, from
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53 the root of the current repository.
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54
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55 To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are
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56 rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match
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57 files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.
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59 The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string
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60 across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
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62 To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
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63 Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
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65 Plain examples:
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67 path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
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68 the repository
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69 path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
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70
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71 Glob examples:
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73 glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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74 *.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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75 **.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or
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76 any subdirectory
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77 foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo
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78 foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any
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79 subdirectory
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81 Regexp examples:
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83 re:.*\.c$ any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository
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86 SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS
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87 ---------------------------
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89 Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying individual
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90 revisions.
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92 A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative
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93 integers are treated as offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the
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94 tip.
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96 A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
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97 identifier.
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99 A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
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100 unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form
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101 identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the
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102 prefix of one full-length identifier.
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104 Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic
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105 name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not
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106 contain the ":" character.
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107
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108 The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies
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109 the most recent revision.
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111 SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS
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112 -----------------------------
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114 When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be
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115 specified individually, or provided as a continuous range,
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116 separated by the ":" character.
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118 The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END
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119 are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If
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120 BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END
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122 means "all revisions".
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124 If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse
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125 order.
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127 A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
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128 gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 4:2 gives 4, 3, and 2.
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130 DATE FORMATS
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131 ------------
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133 Some commands (backout, commit, tag) allow the user to specify a date.
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134 Possible formats for dates are:
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136 YYYY-mm-dd \HH:MM[:SS] [(+|-)NNNN]::
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137 This is a subset of ISO 8601, allowing just the recommended notations
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138 for date and time. The last part represents the timezone; if omitted,
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139 local time is assumed. Examples:
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140
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141 "2005-08-22 03:27 -0700"
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143 "2006-04-19 21:39:51"
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145 aaa bbb dd HH:MM:SS YYYY [(+|-)NNNN]::
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146 This is the date format used by the C library. Here, aaa stands for
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147 abbreviated weekday name and bbb for abbreviated month name. The last
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148 part represents the timezone; if omitted, local time is assumed.
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149 Examples:
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151 "Mon Aug 22 03:27:00 2005 -0700"
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155 unixtime offset::
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159 if the timezone is east of UTC).
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160 Examples:
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162 "1124706420 25200" (2005-08-22 03:27:00 -0700)
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166 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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171 value of EDITOR.
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173 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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176 An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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177 will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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178 ancestor file.
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180 The default program is "hgmerge", which is a shell script provided
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181 by Mercurial with some sensible defaults.
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183 (deprecated, use .hgrc)
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186 A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files. Item
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187 separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH is not set,
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188 platform default search path is used. If empty, only .hg/hgrc of
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189 current repository is read.
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191 For each element in path, if a directory, all entries in directory
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193 added to path.
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196 This is the string used for the author of a commit.
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201 If HGUSER is not set, this will be used as the author for a commit.
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203 LOGNAME::
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204 If neither HGUSER nor EMAIL is set, LOGNAME will be used (with
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205 '@hostname' appended) as the author value for a commit.
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207 EDITOR::
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208 This is the name of the editor used in the hgmerge script. It will be
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209 used for commit messages if HGEDITOR isn't set. Defaults to 'vi'.
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212 This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
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213 appropriately if Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
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215 FILES
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216 -----
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217 .hgignore::
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218 This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that describe file
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219 names that should be ignored by hg. For details, see hgignore(5).
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226 /etc/mercurial/hgrc, $HOME/.hgrc, .hg/hgrc::
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227 This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in .hg/hgrc
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228 override those in $HOME/.hgrc, and these override settings made in the
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229 global /etc/mercurial/hgrc configuration. See hgrc(5) for details of
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230 the contents and format of these files.
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237 ----
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238 Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources below)
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239 when you find them.
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241 SEE ALSO
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242 --------
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243 hgignore(5), hgrc(5)
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246 ------
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247 Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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249 RESOURCES
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250 ---------
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251 http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site]
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253 http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository]
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255 http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list]
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257 COPYING
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258 -------
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259 Copyright \(C) 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall.
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260 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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261 Public License (GPL).