help: eliminate duplicate text for revset string patterns
There's no reason to duplicate this so many times, and it's likely an instance
will be missed if support for a new pattern is added and documented. The
stringmatcher is mostly used by revsets, though it is also used for the 'tag'
related templates, and namespace filtering in the journal extension. So maybe
there's a better place to document it. `hg help patterns` seems inappropriate,
because that is all file pattern matching.
While here, indicate how to perform case insensitive regex searches.
test command parsing and dispatch
$ hg init a
$ cd a
Redundant options used to crash (issue436):
$ hg -v log -v
$ hg -v log -v x
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Ama
adding a
Missing arg:
$ hg cat
hg cat: invalid arguments
hg cat [OPTION]... FILE...
output the current or given revision of files
options ([+] can be repeated):
-o --output FORMAT print output to file with formatted name
-r --rev REV print the given revision
--decode apply any matching decode filter
-I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns
-X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns
(use 'hg cat -h' to show more help)
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[defaults]
$ hg cat a
a
$ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
> [defaults]
> cat = -r null
> EOF
$ hg cat a
a: no such file in rev 000000000000
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$ cd "$TESTTMP"
OSError "No such file or directory" / "The system cannot find the path
specified" should include filename even when it is empty
$ hg -R a archive ''
abort: *: '' (glob)
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#if no-outer-repo
No repo:
$ hg cat
abort: no repository found in '$TESTTMP' (.hg not found)!
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#endif