# HG changeset patch # User liscju # Date 2016-07-05 07:37:07 # Node ID f148bfa40489269be2e48046734f81065129847a # Parent b1f69dbdd76be170429185c3b0f50027f55e4f07 files: change documentation to match its behaviour (issue5276) Documentation gave the usage pattern as '[OPTION]... [PATTERN]...' when the command match given files as relpaths by default. diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py --- a/mercurial/commands.py +++ b/mercurial/commands.py @@ -3913,16 +3913,16 @@ def export(ui, repo, *changesets, **opts [('r', 'rev', '', _('search the repository as it is in REV'), _('REV')), ('0', 'print0', None, _('end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs')), ] + walkopts + formatteropts + subrepoopts, - _('[OPTION]... [PATTERN]...')) + _('[OPTION]... [FILE]...')) def files(ui, repo, *pats, **opts): """list tracked files Print files under Mercurial control in the working directory or - specified revision whose names match the given patterns (excluding - removed files). - - If no patterns are given to match, this command prints the names - of all files under Mercurial control in the working directory. + specified revision for given files (excluding removed files). + Files can be specified as filenames or filesets. + + If no files are given to match, this command prints the names + of all files under Mercurial control. .. container:: verbose