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HG(1)
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Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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:man source: Mercurial
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:man manual: Mercurial Manual
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NAME
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hg - Mercurial source code management system
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SYNOPSIS
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*hg* 'command' ['option']... ['argument']...
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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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`, `$HOME/.hgrc`, `.hg/hgrc`::
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    This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in `.hg/hgrc`
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    override those in `$HOME/.hgrc`, and these override settings made in
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    the global `/etc/mercurial/hgrc` configuration. See *hgrc(5)* for
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    details of the contents and format of these files.
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Some commands (e.g. revert) produce backup files ending in `.orig`, if
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the `.orig` file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial, it will
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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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*hgignore(5)*, *hgrc(5)*
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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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http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web 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) 2005-2009 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).