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1 Mercurial supports a functional language for selecting a set of
2 files.
3
4 Like other file patterns, this pattern type is indicated by a prefix,
5 'set:'. The language supports a number of predicates which are joined
6 by infix operators. Parenthesis can be used for grouping.
7
8 Identifiers such as filenames or patterns must be quoted with single
9 or double quotes if they contain characters outside of
10 ``[.*{}[]?/\_a-zA-Z0-9\x80-\xff]`` or if they match one of the
11 predefined predicates. This generally applies to file patterns other
12 than globs and arguments for predicates.
13
14 Special characters can be used in quoted identifiers by escaping them,
15 e.g., ``\n`` is interpreted as a newline. To prevent them from being
16 interpreted, strings can be prefixed with ``r``, e.g. ``r'...'``.
17
18 There is a single prefix operator:
19
20 ``not x``
21 Files not in x. Short form is ``! x``.
22
23 These are the supported infix operators:
24
25 ``x and y``
26 The intersection of files in x and y. Short form is ``x & y``.
27
28 ``x or y``
29 The union of files in x and y. There are two alternative short
30 forms: ``x | y`` and ``x + y``.
31
32 ``x - y``
33 Files in x but not in y.
34
35 The following predicates are supported:
36
37 .. predicatesmarker
38
39 Some sample queries:
40
41 - Show status of files that appear to be binary in the working directory::
42
43 hg status -A "set:binary()"
44
45 - Forget files that are in .hgignore but are already tracked::
46
47 hg forget "set:hgignore() and not ignored()"
48
49 - Find text files that contain a string::
50
51 hg locate "set:grep(magic) and not binary()"
52
53 - Find C files in a non-standard encoding::
54
55 hg locate "set:**.c and not encoding(ascii)"
56
57 - Revert copies of large binary files::
58
59 hg revert "set:copied() and binary() and size('>1M')"
60
61 - Remove files listed in files.lst that contain the letter a or b::
62
63 hg remove "set: 'listfile:foo.lst' and (**a* or **b*)"
64
65 See also :hg:`help patterns`.
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7 7
8 8 from i18n import gettext, _
9 9 import sys, os
10 import extensions, revset, templatekw, templatefilters
10 import extensions, revset, fileset, templatekw, templatefilters
11 11 import util
12 12
13 13 def listexts(header, exts, indent=1):
@@ -61,6 +61,7 b' helptable = sorted(['
61 61 (['mrevs', 'multirevs'], _('Specifying Multiple Revisions'),
62 62 loaddoc('multirevs')),
63 63 (['revset', 'revsets'], _("Specifying Revision Sets"), loaddoc('revsets')),
64 (['fileset', 'filesets'], _("Specifying File Sets"), loaddoc('filesets')),
64 65 (['diffs'], _('Diff Formats'), loaddoc('diffs')),
65 66 (['merge-tools'], _('Merge Tools'), loaddoc('merge-tools')),
66 67 (['templating', 'templates'], _('Template Usage'),
@@ -102,6 +103,7 b' def addtopicsymbols(topic, marker, symbo'
102 103 return makeitemsdoc(topic, doc, marker, symbols)
103 104 addtopichook(topic, add)
104 105
106 addtopicsymbols('filesets', '.. predicatesmarker', fileset.symbols)
105 107 addtopicsymbols('revsets', '.. predicatesmarker', revset.symbols)
106 108 addtopicsymbols('templates', '.. keywordsmarker', templatekw.keywords)
107 109 addtopicsymbols('templates', '.. filtersmarker', templatefilters.filters)
@@ -49,3 +49,5 b' File examples::'
49 49
50 50 listfile:list.txt read list from list.txt with one file pattern per line
51 51 listfile0:list.txt read list from list.txt with null byte delimiters
52
53 See also :hg:`help filesets`.
@@ -338,6 +338,7 b' Testing -h/--help:'
338 338 diffs Diff Formats
339 339 environment Environment Variables
340 340 extensions Using additional features
341 filesets Specifying File Sets
341 342 glossary Glossary
342 343 hgignore syntax for Mercurial ignore files
343 344 hgweb Configuring hgweb
@@ -418,6 +419,7 b' Testing -h/--help:'
418 419 diffs Diff Formats
419 420 environment Environment Variables
420 421 extensions Using additional features
422 filesets Specifying File Sets
421 423 glossary Glossary
422 424 hgignore syntax for Mercurial ignore files
423 425 hgweb Configuring hgweb
@@ -108,6 +108,7 b' Short help:'
108 108 diffs Diff Formats
109 109 environment Environment Variables
110 110 extensions Using additional features
111 filesets Specifying File Sets
111 112 glossary Glossary
112 113 hgignore syntax for Mercurial ignore files
113 114 hgweb Configuring hgweb
@@ -182,6 +183,7 b' Short help:'
182 183 diffs Diff Formats
183 184 environment Environment Variables
184 185 extensions Using additional features
186 filesets Specifying File Sets
185 187 glossary Glossary
186 188 hgignore syntax for Mercurial ignore files
187 189 hgweb Configuring hgweb
@@ -699,6 +701,7 b' Test that default list of commands omits'
699 701 diffs Diff Formats
700 702 environment Environment Variables
701 703 extensions Using additional features
704 filesets Specifying File Sets
702 705 glossary Glossary
703 706 hgignore syntax for Mercurial ignore files
704 707 hgweb Configuring hgweb
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