doc/hg.1.txt

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 hg
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Mercurial source code management system
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:Author:         Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
:Organization:   Mercurial
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group:   Mercurial Manual


SYNOPSIS
--------
**hg** *command* [*option*]... [*argument*]...

DESCRIPTION
-----------
The *hg* command provides a command line interface to the Mercurial
system.

COMMAND ELEMENTS
----------------

files...
    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

revision
    indicates a changeset which can be specified as a changeset
    revision number, a tag, or a unique substring of the changeset
    hash value

repository path
    either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
    repository.

.. include:: hg.1.gendoc.txt

FILES
-----

`.hgignore`
    This file contains regular expressions (one per line) that
    describe file names that should be ignored by *hg*. For details,
    see *hgignore(5)*.

`.hgtags`
    This file contains changeset hash values and text tag names (one
    of each separated by spaces) that correspond to tagged versions of
    the repository contents.

`/etc/mercurial/hgrc`, `$HOME/.hgrc`, `.hg/hgrc`
    This file contains defaults and configuration. Values in `.hg/hgrc`
    override those in `$HOME/.hgrc`, and these override settings made in
    the global `/etc/mercurial/hgrc` configuration. See *hgrc(5)* for
    details of the contents and format of these files.

Some commands (e.g. revert) produce backup files ending in `.orig`, if
the `.orig` file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial, it will
be overwritten.

BUGS
----
Probably lots, please post them to the mailing list (See Resources
below) when you find them.

SEE ALSO
--------
*hgignore(5)*, *hgrc(5)*

AUTHOR
------
Written by Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>

RESOURCES
---------
Main Web Site: http://mercurial.selenic.com/

Source code repository: http://selenic.com/hg

Mailing list: http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial

COPYING
-------
Copyright \(C) 2005-2009 Matt Mackall.
Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
Public License (GPL).