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HG(1)
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Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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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' [global option]... <command> [command/global option]... [argument]...
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DESCRIPTION
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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 static-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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FILES
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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. For details, see hgignore(5).
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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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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
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will be overwritten.
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BUGS
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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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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) 2005-2007 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).