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diff doc/hg.1.txt @ 724:1c0c413cccdd
Get add and locate to use new repo and dirstate walk code.
They use a walk function that abstracts out the irritating details, so
that there's a higher likelihood of commands behaving uniformly.
author | Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> |
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date | Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:54:21 -0800 |
parents | efa4a7e2f322 |
children | c6b912f8b5b2 |
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--- a/doc/hg.1.txt Sat Jul 16 15:13:40 2005 -0800 +++ b/doc/hg.1.txt Mon Jul 18 06:54:21 2005 -0800 @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ---------------- files ...:: - indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames + indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see + "FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching path:: indicates a path on the local machine @@ -51,11 +52,14 @@ COMMANDS -------- -add [files ...]:: +add [options] [files ...]:: Schedule files to be version controlled and added to the repository. The files will be added to the repository at the next commit. + If no names are given, add all files in the current directory and + its subdirectory. + addremove:: Add all new files and remove all missing files from the repository. @@ -183,14 +187,10 @@ init:: Initialize a new repository in the current directory. -locate [options] [patterns]:: - Print all files under Mercurial control whose basenames match the +locate [options] [files]:: + Print all files under Mercurial control whose names match the given patterns. - Patterns are shell-style globs. To restrict searches to specific - directories, use the "-i <pat>" option. To eliminate particular - directories from searching, use the "-x <pat>" option. - This command searches the current directory and its subdirectories. To search an entire repository, move to the root of the repository. @@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ -0, --print0 end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs -f, --fullpath print complete paths from the filesystem root - -i, --include <pat> include directories matching the given globs + -I, --include <pat> include directories matching the given patterns -r, --rev <rev> search the repository as it stood at rev - -x, --exclude <pat> exclude directories matching the given globs + -X, --exclude <pat> exclude directories matching the given patterns log [-r revision ...] [-p] [file]:: Print the revision history of the specified file or the entire project. @@ -398,6 +398,52 @@ the changelog, manifest, and tracked files, as well as the integrity of their crosslinks and indices. +FILE NAME PATTERNS +------------------ + + Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more + file at a time. + + By default, Mercurial treats file names as shell-style extended + glob patterns. + + Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly. + + To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start a + name with "path:". These path names must match completely, from + the root of the current repository. + + To use an extended glob, start a name with "glob:". Globs are + rooted at the current directory; a glob such as "*.c" will match + files ending in ".c" in the current directory only. + + The supported glob syntax extensions are "**" to match any string + across path separators, and "{a,b}" to mean "a or b". + + To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with "re:". + Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository. + + Plain examples: + + path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of + the repository + path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name" + + Glob examples: + + glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory + *.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory + **.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory, or + any subdirectory + foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo + foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo, or any + subdirectory + + Regexp examples: + + re:.*\.c$ any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repsitory + + SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS ---------------------------