doc/hgmerge.1.txt
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Tune a bit the extdiff toplevel comments/samples. * Capitalize the first letter of all sentences * Add an example for GNU diff(1) 'context diff' mode. * Explain the requirement for separate cmd.xxx and opts.xxx options in .hgrc, which hopefully will guard against users trying to add: [extdiff] # Add a new Mercurial command called `cdiff', which calls # GNU diff(1) in 'context diff' mode. cmd.cdiff = diff -Nprc5 which fails for recent crew builds with: $ hg cdiff . making snapshot of 1 files from rev 07dc4a569f4e making snapshot of 1 files from working dir diff -Nprc5: not found The correct way to do this is by separating the cmd.cdiff and opts.cdiff parts like this: [extdiff] # Add a new Mercurial command called `cdiff', which calls # GNU diff(1) in 'context diff' mode. cmd.cdiff = diff opts.cdiff = -Nprc5 so add it as a new example and explicitly describe it in the extdiff comments.
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HGMERGE(1)
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==========
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Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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v0.1, 27 May 2005
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NAME
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hgmerge - default wrapper to merge files in Mercurial SCM system
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SYNOPSIS
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'hgmerge' local ancestor remote
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DESCRIPTION
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The hgmerge(1) command provides a graphical interface to merge files in the
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Mercurial system. It is a simple wrapper around kdiff3, merge(1) and tkdiff(1),
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or simply diff(1) and patch(1) depending on what is present on the system.
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hgmerge(1) is used by the Mercurial SCM if the environment variable HGMERGE is
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not set.
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AUTHOR
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Written by Vincent Danjean <Vincent.Danjean@free.fr>
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SEE ALSO
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hg(1) - the command line interface to Mercurial SCM
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COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2005, 2006 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).