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HG(1)
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Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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NAME
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----
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hg - Mercurial source code management system
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'hg' [-v -d -q -y] <command> [command options] [files]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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The hg(1) command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial system.
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COMMAND ELEMENTS
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files ...::
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indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see
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"FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching
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path::
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indicates a path on the local machine
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revision::
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indicates a changeset which can be specified as a changeset revision
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number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset hash value
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repository path::
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either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
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repository. There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is
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fast and the old-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
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require a special server on the web host.
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include::hg.1.gendoc.txt[]
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FILE NAME PATTERNS
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------------------
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Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more
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files at a time.
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By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended
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glob patterns.
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Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
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To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a
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name with "path:". These path names must match completely, from
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the root of the current repository.
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To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are
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rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match
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files ending in ".c" in the current directory only.
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The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string
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across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b".
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To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:".
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Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository.
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Plain examples:
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path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of
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the repository
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path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name"
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Glob examples:
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glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory
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**.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or
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any subdirectory
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foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo
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foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any
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subdirectory
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Regexp examples:
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re:.*\.c$ any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository
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SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS
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Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying individual
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revisions.
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A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative
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integers are treated as offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the
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tip.
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A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
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identifier.
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A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
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unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form
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identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the
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prefix of one full-length identifier.
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Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic
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name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not
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contain the ":" character.
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The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies
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the most recent revision.
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SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS
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-----------------------------
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When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be
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specified individually, or provided as a continuous range,
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separated by the ":" character.
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The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END
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are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If
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BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END
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is not specified, it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus
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means "all revisions".
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If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse
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order.
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A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
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gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 4:2 gives 4, 3, and 2.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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HGEDITOR::
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This is the name of the editor to use when committing. Defaults to the
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value of EDITOR.
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(deprecated, use .hgrc)
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HGMERGE::
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An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
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will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
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ancestor file.
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The default program is "hgmerge", which is a shell script provided
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by Mercurial with some sensible defaults.
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(deprecated, use .hgrc)
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HGRCPATH::
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A list of files or directories to search for hgrc files. Item
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separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH is not set,
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platform default search path is used. If empty, only .hg/hgrc of
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current repository is read.
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For each element in path, if a directory, all entries in directory
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ending with ".rc" are added to path. Else, element itself is
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added to path.
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HGUSER::
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This is the string used for the author of a commit.
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(deprecated, use .hgrc)
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EMAIL::
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If HGUSER is not set, this will be used as the author for a commit.
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LOGNAME::
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If neither HGUSER nor EMAIL is set, LOGNAME will be used (with
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'@hostname' appended) as the author value for a commit.
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EDITOR::
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This is the name of the editor used in the hgmerge script. It will be
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used for commit messages if HGEDITOR isn't set. Defaults to 'vi'.
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PYTHONPATH::
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This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be set
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appropriately if Mercurial is not installed system-wide.
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.hgignore::
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This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that describe file
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names that should be ignored by hg.
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.hgtags::
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This file contains changeset hash values and text tag names (one of each
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separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of the repository
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contents.
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/etc/mercurial/hgrc, $HOME/.hgrc, .hg/hgrc::
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This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in .hg/hgrc
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override those in $HOME/.hgrc, and these override settings made in the
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global /etc/mercurial/hgrc configuration. See hgrc(5) for details of
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the contents and format of these files.
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BUGS
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----
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Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources below)
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when you find them.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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hgrc(5)
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AUTHOR
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------
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Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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RESOURCES
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http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site]
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http://www.serpentine.com/mercurial[Wiki site]
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http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository]
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http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list]
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COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2005 Matt Mackall.
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Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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Public License (GPL).
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