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increase code coverage of test-clone * add a non-inlined filelog to the test repo * add 'clone --pull' test case
author Adrian Buehlmann <adrian@cadifra.com>
date Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:47:54 +0200
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1 HG(1)
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2 =====
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3 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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5 NAME
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7 hg - Mercurial source code management system
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9 SYNOPSIS
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10 --------
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11 'hg' [global option]... <command> [command/global option]... [argument]...
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13 DESCRIPTION
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14 -----------
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15 The hg(1) command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial system.
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17 COMMAND ELEMENTS
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18 ----------------
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20 files ...::
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21 indicates one or more filename or relative path filenames; see
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22 "FILE NAME PATTERNS" for information on pattern matching
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24 path::
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25 indicates a path on the local machine
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27 revision::
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31 repository path::
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32 either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
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33 repository. There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is
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34 fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
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35 require a special server on the web host.
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40 FILES
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43 This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that describe file
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48 separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of the repository
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49 contents.
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51 /etc/mercurial/hgrc, $HOME/.hgrc, .hg/hgrc::
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52 This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in .hg/hgrc
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58 the .orig file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial, it
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61 BUGS
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63 Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources below)
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64 when you find them.
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68 hgignore(5), hgrc(5)
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72 Written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
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76 http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site]
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78 http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository]
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80 http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list]
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82 COPYING
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84 Copyright \(C) 2005-2007 Matt Mackall.
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85 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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86 Public License (GPL).