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Mercurial source code management system
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:Author:         Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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:Organization:   Mercurial
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:Manual section: 1
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:Manual group:   Mercurial Manual
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SYNOPSIS
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**hg** *command* [*option*]... [*argument*]...
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DESCRIPTION
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The **hg** command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial
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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
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    revision number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset
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    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.
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.. include:: hg.1.gendoc.txt
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FILES
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``.hgignore``
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    This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that
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    describe file names that should be ignored by **hg**. For details,
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    see |hgignore(5)|_.
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``.hgtags``
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    This file contains changeset hash values and text tag names (one
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    of each separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of
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    the repository contents.
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``/etc/mercurial/hgrc``, ``$HOME/.hgrc``, ``.hg/hgrc``
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    This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in
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    ``.hg/hgrc`` override those in ``$HOME/.hgrc``, and these override
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    settings made in the global ``/etc/mercurial/hgrc`` configuration.
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    See |hgrc(5)|_ for details of the contents and format of these
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    files.
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Some commands (e.g. revert) produce backup files ending in ``.orig``,
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if the ``.orig`` file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial,
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it will be overwritten.
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BUGS
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Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources
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below) when you find them.
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SEE ALSO
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AUTHOR
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Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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RESOURCES
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Main Web Site: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
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Source code repository: http://selenic.com/hg
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Mailing list: http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial
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COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2005-2009 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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.. include:: common.txt