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Automatically build MANIFEST for make dist
| author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> |
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| date | Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:16:38 -0600 |
| parents | eb66d76c7746 |
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HG(1) ===== Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> NAME ---- hg - Mercurial source code management system SYNOPSIS -------- 'hg' [global option]... <command> [command/global option]... [argument]... DESCRIPTION ----------- The hg(1) 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. There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not require a special server on the web host. include::hg.1.gendoc.txt[] SPECIFYING SINGLE REVISIONS --------------------------- Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying individual revisions. A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers are treated as offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip. A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision identifier. A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix of one full-length identifier. Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not contain the ":" character. The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the most recent revision. SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS ----------------------------- When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified individually, or provided as a continuous range, separated by the ":" character. The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified, it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions". If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order. A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5 gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 4:2 gives 4, 3, and 2. 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 <mpm@selenic.com> RESOURCES --------- http://selenic.com/mercurial[Main Web Site] http://selenic.com/hg[Source code repository] http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial[Mailing list] COPYING ------- Copyright \(C) 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).