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hgrc.5: do not mention "name: value" syntax
This was supported in versions prior to 1.3 where we used the standard
Python ConfigParser. The new config parser never supported it.
author | Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net> |
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date | Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:04 +0100 |
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Mercurial accepts several notations for identifying one or more files at a time. By default, Mercurial treats filenames as shell-style extended glob patterns. Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly. To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start it with ``path:``. These path names must completely match starting at the current repository root. To use an extended glob, start a name with ``glob:``. Globs are rooted at the current directory; a glob such as ``*.c`` will only match files in the current directory ending with ``.c``. The supported glob syntax extensions are ``**`` to match any string across path separators and ``{a,b}`` to mean "a or b". To use a Perl/Python regular expression, start a name with ``re:``. Regexp pattern matching is anchored at the root of the repository. Plain examples:: path:foo/bar a name bar in a directory named foo in the root of the repository path:path:name a file or directory named "path:name" Glob examples:: glob:*.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory *.c any name ending in ".c" in the current directory **.c any name ending in ".c" in any subdirectory of the current directory including itself. foo/*.c any name ending in ".c" in the directory foo foo/**.c any name ending in ".c" in any subdirectory of foo including itself. Regexp examples:: re:.*\.c$ any name ending in ".c", anywhere in the repository