$ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
> [diff]
> git = true
> EOF
$ hg init
$ cat > foo << EOF
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> EOF
$ hg ci -Am init
adding foo
$ cat > foo << EOF
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> EOF
$ hg ci -m 'more 0'
$ sed 's/2/2+/' foo > foo.new
$ mv foo.new foo
$ cat > bar << EOF
> a
> b
> c
> d
> e
> EOF
$ hg add bar
$ hg ci -Am "2 -> 2+; added bar"
$ cat >> foo << EOF
> 5
> 6
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
> 11
> EOF
$ hg ci -m "to 11"
Add some changes with two diff hunks
$ sed 's/^1$/ 1/' foo > foo.new
$ mv foo.new foo
$ sed 's/^11$/11+/' foo > foo.new
$ mv foo.new foo
$ hg ci -m '11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"'
(make sure there are two hunks in "foo")
$ hg diff -c .
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
8
9
10
-11
+11+
$ sed 's/3/3+/' foo > foo.new
$ mv foo.new foo
$ sed 's/^11+$/11-/' foo > foo.new
$ mv foo.new foo
$ sed 's/a/a+/' bar > bar.new
$ mv bar.new bar
$ hg ci -m 'foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+'
(make sure there are two hunks in "foo")
$ hg diff -c . foo
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
8
9
10
-11+
+11-
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -p
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 4:eaec41c1a0c9
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
With --template.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -T '{rev}:{node|short} {desc|firstline}\n'
5:cfdf972b3971 foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
4:eaec41c1a0c9 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
2:63a884426fd0 2 -> 2+; added bar
0:5ae1f82b9a00 init
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -T json
[
{
"rev": 5,
"node": "cfdf972b3971a2a59638bf9583c0debbffee5404",
"branch": "default",
"phase": "draft",
"user": "test",
"date": [0, 0],
"desc": "foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+",
"bookmarks": [],
"tags": ["tip"],
"parents": ["eaec41c1a0c9ad0a5e999611d0149d171beffb8c"]
},
{
"rev": 4,
"node": "eaec41c1a0c9ad0a5e999611d0149d171beffb8c",
"branch": "default",
"phase": "draft",
"user": "test",
"date": [0, 0],
"desc": "11 -> 11+; leading space before \"1\"",
"bookmarks": [],
"tags": [],
"parents": ["730a61fbaecf426c17c2c66bc42d195b5d5b0ba8"]
},
{
"rev": 2,
"node": "63a884426fd0b277fcd55895bbb2f230434576eb",
"branch": "default",
"phase": "draft",
"user": "test",
"date": [0, 0],
"desc": "2 -> 2+; added bar",
"bookmarks": [],
"tags": [],
"parents": ["29a1e7c6b80024f63f310a2d71de979e9d2996d7"]
},
{
"rev": 0,
"node": "5ae1f82b9a000ff1e0967d0dac1c58b9d796e1b4",
"branch": "default",
"phase": "draft",
"user": "test",
"date": [0, 0],
"desc": "init",
"bookmarks": [],
"tags": [],
"parents": ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"]
}
]
With some white-space diff option, respective revisions are skipped.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -p --config diff.ignorews=true
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
Regular file patterns are allowed with -L and their diff shows all lines.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -p bar
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/bar b/bar
--- a/bar
+++ b/bar
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-a
+a+
b
c
d
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/bar b/bar
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bar
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+a
+b
+c
+d
+e
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
Option --rev acts as a restriction.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -p -r 'desc(2)'
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
With several -L patterns, changes touching any files in their respective line
range are show.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -L bar,1-2 -p
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/bar b/bar
--- a/bar
+++ b/bar
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-a
+a+
b
c
d
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 4:eaec41c1a0c9
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/bar b/bar
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bar
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+a
+b
+c
+d
+e
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
Multiple -L options with the same file yields changes touching any of
specified line ranges.
$ hg log -f -L foo,5-7 -L foo,14-15 -p
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
8
9
10
-11+
+11-
changeset: 4:eaec41c1a0c9
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
8
9
10
-11
+11+
changeset: 3:730a61fbaecf
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: to 11
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@
2+
3
4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+11
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
A file with a comma in its name.
$ cat > ba,z << EOF
> q
> w
> e
> r
> t
> y
> EOF
$ hg ci -Am 'querty'
adding ba,z
$ cat >> ba,z << EOF
> u
> i
> o
> p
> EOF
$ hg ci -m 'more keys'
$ cat > ba,z << EOF
> a
> z
> e
> r
> t
> y
> u
> i
> o
> p
> EOF
$ hg ci -m 'azerty'
$ hg log -f -L ba,z,1-2 -p
changeset: 8:52373265138b
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: azerty
diff --git a/ba,z b/ba,z
--- a/ba,z
+++ b/ba,z
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-q
-w
+a
+z
e
r
t
changeset: 6:96ba8850f316
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: querty
diff --git a/ba,z b/ba,z
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ba,z
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+q
+w
+e
+r
+t
+y
Exact prefix kinds work in -L options.
$ mkdir dir
$ cd dir
$ hg log -f -L path:foo,5-7 -p
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 4:eaec41c1a0c9
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
Renames are followed.
$ hg mv ../foo baz
$ sed 's/1/1+/' baz > baz.new
$ mv baz.new baz
$ hg ci -m 'foo -> dir/baz; 1-1+'
$ hg diff -c .
diff --git a/foo b/dir/baz
rename from foo
rename to dir/baz
--- a/foo
+++ b/dir/baz
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
- 1
+ 1+
2+
3+
4
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
7
8
9
-10
-11-
+1+0
+1+1-
$ hg log -f -L relpath:baz,5-7 -p
changeset: 9:6af29c3a778f
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo -> dir/baz; 1-1+
diff --git a/foo b/dir/baz
copy from foo
copy to dir/baz
--- a/foo
+++ b/dir/baz
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
- 1
+ 1+
2+
3+
4
changeset: 5:cfdf972b3971
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: foo: 3 -> 3+ and 11+ -> 11-; bar: a -> a+
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
0
1
2+
-3
+3+
4
5
6
changeset: 4:eaec41c1a0c9
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 11 -> 11+; leading space before "1"
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
0
0
0
-1
+ 1
2+
3
4
changeset: 2:63a884426fd0
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: 2 -> 2+; added bar
diff --git a/foo b/foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
0
0
1
-2
+2+
3
4
changeset: 0:5ae1f82b9a00
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: init
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
Option --follow is required.
$ hg log -L foo,5-7
abort: --line-range requires --follow
[255]
Non-exact pattern kinds are not allowed.
$ cd ..
$ hg log -f -L glob:*a*,1-2
hg: parse error: line range pattern 'glob:*a*' must match exactly one file
[255]
Graph log does work yet.
$ hg log -f -L dir/baz,5-7 --graph
abort: graph not supported with line range patterns
[255]