Options
-------

-R, --repository
    repository root directory or name of overlay bundle file

--cwd
    change working directory

-y, --noninteractive
    do not prompt, assume 'yes' for any required answers

-q, --quiet
    suppress output

-v, --verbose
    enable additional output

--config
    set/override config option (use 'section.name=value')

--debug
    enable debugging output

--debugger
    start debugger

--encoding
    set the charset encoding (default: ascii)

--encodingmode
    set the charset encoding mode (default: strict)

--traceback
    always print a traceback on exception

--time
    time how long the command takes

--profile
    print command execution profile

--version
    output version information and exit

-h, --help
    display help and exit

Commands
--------

add
"""

::

   hg add [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Schedule files to be version controlled and added to the
repository.

The files will be added to the repository at the next commit. To
undo an add before that, see :hg:`forget`.

If no names are given, add all files to the repository.

.. container:: verbose

   An example showing how new (unknown) files are added
   automatically by :hg:`add`::

     $ ls
     foo.c
     $ hg status
     ? foo.c
     $ hg add
     adding foo.c
     $ hg status
     A foo.c

Returns 0 if all files are successfully added.

Options:

-I, --include   include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude   exclude names matching the given patterns
-S, --subrepos  recurse into subrepositories
-n, --dry-run   do not perform actions, just print output

addremove
"""""""""

::

   hg addremove [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Add all new files and remove all missing files from the
repository.

New files are ignored if they match any of the patterns in
``.hgignore``. As with add, these changes take effect at the next
commit.

Use the -s/--similarity option to detect renamed files. With a
parameter greater than 0, this compares every removed file with
every added file and records those similar enough as renames. This
option takes a percentage between 0 (disabled) and 100 (files must
be identical) as its parameter. Detecting renamed files this way
can be expensive. After using this option, :hg:`status -C` can be
used to check which files were identified as moved or renamed.

Returns 0 if all files are successfully added.

Options:

-s, --similarity  guess renamed files by similarity (0<=s<=100)
-I, --include     include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude     exclude names matching the given patterns
-n, --dry-run     do not perform actions, just print output

annotate
""""""""

::

   hg annotate [-r REV] [-f] [-a] [-u] [-d] [-n] [-c] [-l] FILE...

List changes in files, showing the revision id responsible for
each line

This command is useful for discovering when a change was made and
by whom.

Without the -a/--text option, annotate will avoid processing files
it detects as binary. With -a, annotate will annotate the file
anyway, although the results will probably be neither useful
nor desirable.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --rev          annotate the specified revision
--follow           follow copies/renames and list the filename (DEPRECATED)
--no-follow        don't follow copies and renames
-a, --text         treat all files as text
-u, --user         list the author (long with -v)
-f, --file         list the filename
-d, --date         list the date (short with -q)
-n, --number       list the revision number (default)
-c, --changeset    list the changeset
-l, --line-number  show line number at the first appearance
-I, --include      include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude      exclude names matching the given patterns

    aliases: blame

archive
"""""""

::

   hg archive [OPTION]... DEST

By default, the revision used is the parent of the working
directory; use -r/--rev to specify a different revision.

The archive type is automatically detected based on file
extension (or override using -t/--type).

Valid types are:

:``files``: a directory full of files (default)
:``tar``:   tar archive, uncompressed
:``tbz2``:  tar archive, compressed using bzip2
:``tgz``:   tar archive, compressed using gzip
:``uzip``:  zip archive, uncompressed
:``zip``:   zip archive, compressed using deflate

The exact name of the destination archive or directory is given
using a format string; see :hg:`help export` for details.

Each member added to an archive file has a directory prefix
prepended. Use -p/--prefix to specify a format string for the
prefix. The default is the basename of the archive, with suffixes
removed.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

--no-decode     do not pass files through decoders
-p, --prefix    directory prefix for files in archive
-r, --rev       revision to distribute
-t, --type      type of distribution to create
-S, --subrepos  recurse into subrepositories
-I, --include   include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude   exclude names matching the given patterns

backout
"""""""

::

   hg backout [OPTION]... [-r] REV

Prepare a new changeset with the effect of REV undone in the
current working directory.

If REV is the parent of the working directory, then this new changeset
is committed automatically. Otherwise, hg needs to merge the
changes and the merged result is left uncommitted.

By default, the pending changeset will have one parent,
maintaining a linear history. With --merge, the pending changeset
will instead have two parents: the old parent of the working
directory and a new child of REV that simply undoes REV.

Before version 1.7, the behavior without --merge was equivalent to
specifying --merge followed by :hg:`update --clean .` to cancel
the merge and leave the child of REV as a head to be merged
separately.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

--merge        merge with old dirstate parent after backout
--parent       parent to choose when backing out merge
-t, --tool     specify merge tool
-r, --rev      revision to backout
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message  use text as commit message
-l, --logfile  read commit message from file
-d, --date     record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user     record the specified user as committer

bisect
""""""

::

   hg bisect [-gbsr] [-U] [-c CMD] [REV]

This command helps to find changesets which introduce problems. To
use, mark the earliest changeset you know exhibits the problem as
bad, then mark the latest changeset which is free from the problem
as good. Bisect will update your working directory to a revision
for testing (unless the -U/--noupdate option is specified). Once
you have performed tests, mark the working directory as good or
bad, and bisect will either update to another candidate changeset
or announce that it has found the bad revision.

As a shortcut, you can also use the revision argument to mark a
revision as good or bad without checking it out first.

If you supply a command, it will be used for automatic bisection.
Its exit status will be used to mark revisions as good or bad:
status 0 means good, 125 means to skip the revision, 127
(command not found) will abort the bisection, and any other
non-zero exit status means the revision is bad.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --reset     reset bisect state
-g, --good      mark changeset good
-b, --bad       mark changeset bad
-s, --skip      skip testing changeset
-c, --command   use command to check changeset state
-U, --noupdate  do not update to target

bookmarks
"""""""""

::

   hg bookmarks [-f] [-d] [-m NAME] [-r REV] [NAME]

Bookmarks are pointers to certain commits that move when
committing. Bookmarks are local. They can be renamed, copied and
deleted. It is possible to use bookmark names in :hg:`merge` and
:hg:`update` to merge and update respectively to a given bookmark.

You can use :hg:`bookmark NAME` to set a bookmark on the working
directory's parent revision with the given name. If you specify
a revision using -r REV (where REV may be an existing bookmark),
the bookmark is assigned to that revision.

Bookmarks can be pushed and pulled between repositories (see :hg:`help
push` and :hg:`help pull`). This requires both the local and remote
repositories to support bookmarks. For versions prior to 1.8, this means
the bookmarks extension must be enabled.

Options:

-f, --force   force
-r, --rev     revision
-d, --delete  delete a given bookmark
-m, --rename  rename a given bookmark

branch
""""""

::

   hg branch [-fC] [NAME]

With no argument, show the current branch name. With one argument,
set the working directory branch name (the branch will not exist
in the repository until the next commit). Standard practice
recommends that primary development take place on the 'default'
branch.

Unless -f/--force is specified, branch will not let you set a
branch name that already exists, even if it's inactive.

Use -C/--clean to reset the working directory branch to that of
the parent of the working directory, negating a previous branch
change.

Use the command :hg:`update` to switch to an existing branch. Use
:hg:`commit --close-branch` to mark this branch as closed.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --force  set branch name even if it shadows an existing branch
-C, --clean  reset branch name to parent branch name

branches
""""""""

::

   hg branches [-ac]

List the repository's named branches, indicating which ones are
inactive. If -c/--closed is specified, also list branches which have
been marked closed (see :hg:`commit --close-branch`).

If -a/--active is specified, only show active branches. A branch
is considered active if it contains repository heads.

Use the command :hg:`update` to switch to an existing branch.

Returns 0.

Options:

-a, --active  show only branches that have unmerged heads
-c, --closed  show normal and closed branches

bundle
""""""

::

   hg bundle [-f] [-t TYPE] [-a] [-r REV]... [--base REV]... FILE [DEST]

Generate a compressed changegroup file collecting changesets not
known to be in another repository.

If you omit the destination repository, then hg assumes the
destination will have all the nodes you specify with --base
parameters. To create a bundle containing all changesets, use
-a/--all (or --base null).

You can change compression method with the -t/--type option.
The available compression methods are: none, bzip2, and
gzip (by default, bundles are compressed using bzip2).

The bundle file can then be transferred using conventional means
and applied to another repository with the unbundle or pull
command. This is useful when direct push and pull are not
available or when exporting an entire repository is undesirable.

Applying bundles preserves all changeset contents including
permissions, copy/rename information, and revision history.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if no changes found.

Options:

-f, --force   run even when the destination is unrelated
-r, --rev     a changeset intended to be added to the destination
-b, --branch  a specific branch you would like to bundle
--base        a base changeset assumed to be available at the destination
-a, --all     bundle all changesets in the repository
-t, --type    bundle compression type to use (default: bzip2)
-e, --ssh     specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd   specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure    do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

cat
"""

::

   hg cat [OPTION]... FILE...

Print the specified files as they were at the given revision. If
no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
or tip if no revision is checked out.

Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is
given using a format string. The formatting rules are the same as
for the export command, with the following additions:

:``%s``: basename of file being printed
:``%d``: dirname of file being printed, or '.' if in repository root
:``%p``: root-relative path name of file being printed

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-o, --output   print output to file with formatted name
-r, --rev      print the given revision
--decode       apply any matching decode filter
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

clone
"""""

::

   hg clone [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST]

Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory.

If no destination directory name is specified, it defaults to the
basename of the source.

The location of the source is added to the new repository's
``.hg/hgrc`` file, as the default to be used for future pulls.

See :hg:`help urls` for valid source format details.

It is possible to specify an ``ssh://`` URL as the destination, but no
``.hg/hgrc`` and working directory will be created on the remote side.
Please see :hg:`help urls` for important details about ``ssh://`` URLs.

A set of changesets (tags, or branch names) to pull may be specified
by listing each changeset (tag, or branch name) with -r/--rev.
If -r/--rev is used, the cloned repository will contain only a subset
of the changesets of the source repository. Only the set of changesets
defined by all -r/--rev options (including all their ancestors)
will be pulled into the destination repository.
No subsequent changesets (including subsequent tags) will be present
in the destination.

Using -r/--rev (or 'clone src#rev dest') implies --pull, even for
local source repositories.

For efficiency, hardlinks are used for cloning whenever the source
and destination are on the same filesystem (note this applies only
to the repository data, not to the working directory). Some
filesystems, such as AFS, implement hardlinking incorrectly, but
do not report errors. In these cases, use the --pull option to
avoid hardlinking.

In some cases, you can clone repositories and the working directory
using full hardlinks with ::

  $ cp -al REPO REPOCLONE

This is the fastest way to clone, but it is not always safe. The
operation is not atomic (making sure REPO is not modified during
the operation is up to you) and you have to make sure your editor
breaks hardlinks (Emacs and most Linux Kernel tools do so). Also,
this is not compatible with certain extensions that place their
metadata under the .hg directory, such as mq.

Mercurial will update the working directory to the first applicable
revision from this list:

a) null if -U or the source repository has no changesets
b) if -u . and the source repository is local, the first parent of
   the source repository's working directory
c) the changeset specified with -u (if a branch name, this means the
   latest head of that branch)
d) the changeset specified with -r
e) the tipmost head specified with -b
f) the tipmost head specified with the url#branch source syntax
g) the tipmost head of the default branch
h) tip

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-U, --noupdate   the clone will include an empty working copy (only a repository)
-u, --updaterev  revision, tag or branch to check out
-r, --rev        include the specified changeset
-b, --branch     clone only the specified branch
--pull           use pull protocol to copy metadata
--uncompressed   use uncompressed transfer (fast over LAN)
-e, --ssh        specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd      specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure       do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

commit
""""""

::

   hg commit [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Commit changes to the given files into the repository. Unlike a
centralized SCM, this operation is a local operation. See
:hg:`push` for a way to actively distribute your changes.

If a list of files is omitted, all changes reported by :hg:`status`
will be committed.

If you are committing the result of a merge, do not provide any
filenames or -I/-X filters.

If no commit message is specified, Mercurial starts your
configured editor where you can enter a message. In case your
commit fails, you will find a backup of your message in
``.hg/last-message.txt``.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if nothing changed.

Options:

-A, --addremove  mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing
--close-branch   mark a branch as closed, hiding it from the branch list
-I, --include    include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message    use text as commit message
-l, --logfile    read commit message from file
-d, --date       record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user       record the specified user as committer

    aliases: ci

copy
""""

::

   hg copy [OPTION]... [SOURCE]... DEST

Mark dest as having copies of source files. If dest is a
directory, copies are put in that directory. If dest is a file,
the source must be a single file.

By default, this command copies the contents of files as they
exist in the working directory. If invoked with -A/--after, the
operation is recorded, but no copying is performed.

This command takes effect with the next commit. To undo a copy
before that, see :hg:`revert`.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if errors are encountered.

Options:

-A, --after    record a copy that has already occurred
-f, --force    forcibly copy over an existing managed file
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns
-n, --dry-run  do not perform actions, just print output

    aliases: cp

diff
""""

::

   hg diff [OPTION]... ([-c REV] | [-r REV1 [-r REV2]]) [FILE]...

Show differences between revisions for the specified files.

Differences between files are shown using the unified diff format.

.. note::
   diff may generate unexpected results for merges, as it will
   default to comparing against the working directory's first
   parent changeset if no revisions are specified.

When two revision arguments are given, then changes are shown
between those revisions. If only one revision is specified then
that revision is compared to the working directory, and, when no
revisions are specified, the working directory files are compared
to its parent.

Alternatively you can specify -c/--change with a revision to see
the changes in that changeset relative to its first parent.

Without the -a/--text option, diff will avoid generating diffs of
files it detects as binary. With -a, diff will generate a diff
anyway, probably with undesirable results.

Use the -g/--git option to generate diffs in the git extended diff
format. For more information, read :hg:`help diffs`.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --rev                  revision
-c, --change               change made by revision
-a, --text                 treat all files as text
-g, --git                  use git extended diff format
--nodates                  omit dates from diff headers
-p, --show-function        show which function each change is in
--reverse                  produce a diff that undoes the changes
-w, --ignore-all-space     ignore white space when comparing lines
-b, --ignore-space-change  ignore changes in the amount of white space
-B, --ignore-blank-lines   ignore changes whose lines are all blank
-U, --unified              number of lines of context to show
--stat                     output diffstat-style summary of changes
-I, --include              include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude              exclude names matching the given patterns
-S, --subrepos             recurse into subrepositories

export
""""""

::

   hg export [OPTION]... [-o OUTFILESPEC] REV...

Print the changeset header and diffs for one or more revisions.

The information shown in the changeset header is: author, date,
branch name (if non-default), changeset hash, parent(s) and commit
comment.

.. note::
   export may generate unexpected diff output for merge
   changesets, as it will compare the merge changeset against its
   first parent only.

Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is
given using a format string. The formatting rules are as follows:

:``%%``: literal "%" character
:``%H``: changeset hash (40 hexadecimal digits)
:``%N``: number of patches being generated
:``%R``: changeset revision number
:``%b``: basename of the exporting repository
:``%h``: short-form changeset hash (12 hexadecimal digits)
:``%n``: zero-padded sequence number, starting at 1
:``%r``: zero-padded changeset revision number

Without the -a/--text option, export will avoid generating diffs
of files it detects as binary. With -a, export will generate a
diff anyway, probably with undesirable results.

Use the -g/--git option to generate diffs in the git extended diff
format. See :hg:`help diffs` for more information.

With the --switch-parent option, the diff will be against the
second parent. It can be useful to review a merge.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-o, --output     print output to file with formatted name
--switch-parent  diff against the second parent
-r, --rev        revisions to export
-a, --text       treat all files as text
-g, --git        use git extended diff format
--nodates        omit dates from diff headers

forget
""""""

::

   hg forget [OPTION]... FILE...

Mark the specified files so they will no longer be tracked
after the next commit.

This only removes files from the current branch, not from the
entire project history, and it does not delete them from the
working directory.

To undo a forget before the next commit, see :hg:`add`.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

grep
""""

::

   hg grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...

Search revisions of files for a regular expression.

This command behaves differently than Unix grep. It only accepts
Python/Perl regexps. It searches repository history, not the
working directory. It always prints the revision number in which a
match appears.

By default, grep only prints output for the first revision of a
file in which it finds a match. To get it to print every revision
that contains a change in match status ("-" for a match that
becomes a non-match, or "+" for a non-match that becomes a match),
use the --all flag.

Returns 0 if a match is found, 1 otherwise.

Options:

-0, --print0              end fields with NUL
--all                     print all revisions that match
-f, --follow              follow changeset history, or file history across copies and renames
-i, --ignore-case         ignore case when matching
-l, --files-with-matches  print only filenames and revisions that match
-n, --line-number         print matching line numbers
-r, --rev                 only search files changed within revision range
-u, --user                list the author (long with -v)
-d, --date                list the date (short with -q)
-I, --include             include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude             exclude names matching the given patterns

heads
"""""

::

   hg heads [-ac] [-r STARTREV] [REV]...

With no arguments, show all repository branch heads.

Repository "heads" are changesets with no child changesets. They are
where development generally takes place and are the usual targets
for update and merge operations. Branch heads are changesets that have
no child changeset on the same branch.

If one or more REVs are given, only branch heads on the branches
associated with the specified changesets are shown.

If -c/--closed is specified, also show branch heads marked closed
(see :hg:`commit --close-branch`).

If STARTREV is specified, only those heads that are descendants of
STARTREV will be displayed.

If -t/--topo is specified, named branch mechanics will be ignored and only
changesets without children will be shown.

Returns 0 if matching heads are found, 1 if not.

Options:

-r, --rev     show only heads which are descendants of STARTREV
-t, --topo    show topological heads only
-a, --active  show active branchheads only (DEPRECATED)
-c, --closed  show normal and closed branch heads
--style       display using template map file
--template    display with template

help
""""

::

   hg help [TOPIC]

With no arguments, print a list of commands with short help messages.

Given a topic, extension, or command name, print help for that
topic.

Returns 0 if successful.

identify
""""""""

::

   hg identify [-nibtB] [-r REV] [SOURCE]

Print a summary identifying the repository state at REV using one or
two parent hash identifiers, followed by a "+" if the working
directory has uncommitted changes, the branch name (if not default),
a list of tags, and a list of bookmarks.

When REV is not given, print a summary of the current state of the
repository.

Specifying a path to a repository root or Mercurial bundle will
cause lookup to operate on that repository/bundle.

Returns 0 if successful.

Options:

-r, --rev        identify the specified revision
-n, --num        show local revision number
-i, --id         show global revision id
-b, --branch     show branch
-t, --tags       show tags
-B, --bookmarks  show bookmarks

    aliases: id

import
""""""

::

   hg import [OPTION]... PATCH...

Import a list of patches and commit them individually (unless
--no-commit is specified).

If there are outstanding changes in the working directory, import
will abort unless given the -f/--force flag.

You can import a patch straight from a mail message. Even patches
as attachments work (to use the body part, it must have type
text/plain or text/x-patch). From and Subject headers of email
message are used as default committer and commit message. All
text/plain body parts before first diff are added to commit
message.

If the imported patch was generated by :hg:`export`, user and
description from patch override values from message headers and
body. Values given on command line with -m/--message and -u/--user
override these.

If --exact is specified, import will set the working directory to
the parent of each patch before applying it, and will abort if the
resulting changeset has a different ID than the one recorded in
the patch. This may happen due to character set problems or other
deficiencies in the text patch format.

With -s/--similarity, hg will attempt to discover renames and
copies in the patch in the same way as 'addremove'.

To read a patch from standard input, use "-" as the patch name. If
a URL is specified, the patch will be downloaded from it.
See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-p, --strip       directory strip option for patch. This has the same meaning as the corresponding patch option (default: 1)
-b, --base        base path
-f, --force       skip check for outstanding uncommitted changes
--no-commit       don't commit, just update the working directory
--exact           apply patch to the nodes from which it was generated
--import-branch   use any branch information in patch (implied by --exact)
-m, --message     use text as commit message
-l, --logfile     read commit message from file
-d, --date        record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user        record the specified user as committer
-s, --similarity  guess renamed files by similarity (0<=s<=100)

    aliases: patch

incoming
""""""""

::

   hg incoming [-p] [-n] [-M] [-f] [-r REV]... [--bundle FILENAME] [SOURCE]

Show new changesets found in the specified path/URL or the default
pull location. These are the changesets that would have been pulled
if a pull at the time you issued this command.

For remote repository, using --bundle avoids downloading the
changesets twice if the incoming is followed by a pull.

See pull for valid source format details.

Returns 0 if there are incoming changes, 1 otherwise.

Options:

-f, --force         run even if remote repository is unrelated
-n, --newest-first  show newest record first
--bundle            file to store the bundles into
-r, --rev           a remote changeset intended to be added
-B, --bookmarks     compare bookmarks
-b, --branch        a specific branch you would like to pull
-p, --patch         show patch
-g, --git           use git extended diff format
-l, --limit         limit number of changes displayed
-M, --no-merges     do not show merges
--stat              output diffstat-style summary of changes
--style             display using template map file
--template          display with template
-e, --ssh           specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd         specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure          do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)
-S, --subrepos      recurse into subrepositories

    aliases: in

init
""""

::

   hg init [-e CMD] [--remotecmd CMD] [DEST]

Initialize a new repository in the given directory. If the given
directory does not exist, it will be created.

If no directory is given, the current directory is used.

It is possible to specify an ``ssh://`` URL as the destination.
See :hg:`help urls` for more information.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-e, --ssh    specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd  specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure   do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

locate
""""""

::

   hg locate [OPTION]... [PATTERN]...

Print files under Mercurial control in the working directory whose
names match the given patterns.

By default, this command searches all directories in the working
directory. To search just the current directory and its
subdirectories, use "--include .".

If no patterns are given to match, this command prints the names
of all files under Mercurial control in the working directory.

If you want to feed the output of this command into the "xargs"
command, use the -0 option to both this command and "xargs". This
will avoid the problem of "xargs" treating single filenames that
contain whitespace as multiple filenames.

Returns 0 if a match is found, 1 otherwise.

Options:

-r, --rev       search the repository as it is in REV
-0, --print0    end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs
-f, --fullpath  print complete paths from the filesystem root
-I, --include   include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude   exclude names matching the given patterns

log
"""

::

   hg log [OPTION]... [FILE]

Print the revision history of the specified files or the entire
project.

File history is shown without following rename or copy history of
files. Use -f/--follow with a filename to follow history across
renames and copies. --follow without a filename will only show
ancestors or descendants of the starting revision. --follow-first
only follows the first parent of merge revisions.

If no revision range is specified, the default is ``tip:0`` unless
--follow is set, in which case the working directory parent is
used as the starting revision. You can specify a revision set for
log, see :hg:`help revsets` for more information.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

By default this command prints revision number and changeset id,
tags, non-trivial parents, user, date and time, and a summary for
each commit. When the -v/--verbose switch is used, the list of
changed files and full commit message are shown.

.. note::
   log -p/--patch may generate unexpected diff output for merge
   changesets, as it will only compare the merge changeset against
   its first parent. Also, only files different from BOTH parents
   will appear in files:.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --follow       follow changeset history, or file history across copies and renames
--follow-first     only follow the first parent of merge changesets
-d, --date         show revisions matching date spec
-C, --copies       show copied files
-k, --keyword      do case-insensitive search for a given text
-r, --rev          show the specified revision or range
--removed          include revisions where files were removed
-m, --only-merges  show only merges
-u, --user         revisions committed by user
--only-branch      show only changesets within the given named branch (DEPRECATED)
-b, --branch       show changesets within the given named branch
-P, --prune        do not display revision or any of its ancestors
-p, --patch        show patch
-g, --git          use git extended diff format
-l, --limit        limit number of changes displayed
-M, --no-merges    do not show merges
--stat             output diffstat-style summary of changes
--style            display using template map file
--template         display with template
-I, --include      include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude      exclude names matching the given patterns

    aliases: history

manifest
""""""""

::

   hg manifest [-r REV]

Print a list of version controlled files for the given revision.
If no revision is given, the first parent of the working directory
is used, or the null revision if no revision is checked out.

With -v, print file permissions, symlink and executable bits.
With --debug, print file revision hashes.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --rev  revision to display

merge
"""""

::

   hg merge [-P] [-f] [[-r] REV]

The current working directory is updated with all changes made in
the requested revision since the last common predecessor revision.

Files that changed between either parent are marked as changed for
the next commit and a commit must be performed before any further
updates to the repository are allowed. The next commit will have
two parents.

``--tool`` can be used to specify the merge tool used for file
merges. It overrides the HGMERGE environment variable and your
configuration files.

If no revision is specified, the working directory's parent is a
head revision, and the current branch contains exactly one other
head, the other head is merged with by default. Otherwise, an
explicit revision with which to merge with must be provided.

:hg:`resolve` must be used to resolve unresolved files.

To undo an uncommitted merge, use :hg:`update --clean .` which
will check out a clean copy of the original merge parent, losing
all changes.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if there are unresolved files.

Options:

-f, --force    force a merge with outstanding changes
-t, --tool     specify merge tool
-r, --rev      revision to merge
-P, --preview  review revisions to merge (no merge is performed)

outgoing
""""""""

::

   hg outgoing [-M] [-p] [-n] [-f] [-r REV]... [DEST]

Show changesets not found in the specified destination repository
or the default push location. These are the changesets that would
be pushed if a push was requested.

See pull for details of valid destination formats.

Returns 0 if there are outgoing changes, 1 otherwise.

Options:

-f, --force         run even when the destination is unrelated
-r, --rev           a changeset intended to be included in the destination
-n, --newest-first  show newest record first
-B, --bookmarks     compare bookmarks
-b, --branch        a specific branch you would like to push
-p, --patch         show patch
-g, --git           use git extended diff format
-l, --limit         limit number of changes displayed
-M, --no-merges     do not show merges
--stat              output diffstat-style summary of changes
--style             display using template map file
--template          display with template
-e, --ssh           specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd         specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure          do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)
-S, --subrepos      recurse into subrepositories

    aliases: out

parents
"""""""

::

   hg parents [-r REV] [FILE]

Print the working directory's parent revisions. If a revision is
given via -r/--rev, the parent of that revision will be printed.
If a file argument is given, the revision in which the file was
last changed (before the working directory revision or the
argument to --rev if given) is printed.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --rev   show parents of the specified revision
--style     display using template map file
--template  display with template

paths
"""""

::

   hg paths [NAME]

Show definition of symbolic path name NAME. If no name is given,
show definition of all available names.

Path names are defined in the [paths] section of your
configuration file and in ``/etc/mercurial/hgrc``. If run inside a
repository, ``.hg/hgrc`` is used, too.

The path names ``default`` and ``default-push`` have a special
meaning.  When performing a push or pull operation, they are used
as fallbacks if no location is specified on the command-line.
When ``default-push`` is set, it will be used for push and
``default`` will be used for pull; otherwise ``default`` is used
as the fallback for both.  When cloning a repository, the clone
source is written as ``default`` in ``.hg/hgrc``.  Note that
``default`` and ``default-push`` apply to all inbound (e.g.
:hg:`incoming`) and outbound (e.g. :hg:`outgoing`, :hg:`email` and
:hg:`bundle`) operations.

See :hg:`help urls` for more information.

Returns 0 on success.

pull
""""

::

   hg pull [-u] [-f] [-r REV]... [-e CMD] [--remotecmd CMD] [SOURCE]

Pull changes from a remote repository to a local one.

This finds all changes from the repository at the specified path
or URL and adds them to a local repository (the current one unless
-R is specified). By default, this does not update the copy of the
project in the working directory.

Use :hg:`incoming` if you want to see what would have been added
by a pull at the time you issued this command. If you then decide
to add those changes to the repository, you should use :hg:`pull
-r X` where ``X`` is the last changeset listed by :hg:`incoming`.

If SOURCE is omitted, the 'default' path will be used.
See :hg:`help urls` for more information.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if an update had unresolved files.

Options:

-u, --update    update to new branch head if changesets were pulled
-f, --force     run even when remote repository is unrelated
-r, --rev       a remote changeset intended to be added
-B, --bookmark  bookmark to pull
-b, --branch    a specific branch you would like to pull
-e, --ssh       specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd     specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure      do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

push
""""

::

   hg push [-f] [-r REV]... [-e CMD] [--remotecmd CMD] [DEST]

Push changesets from the local repository to the specified
destination.

This operation is symmetrical to pull: it is identical to a pull
in the destination repository from the current one.

By default, push will not allow creation of new heads at the
destination, since multiple heads would make it unclear which head
to use. In this situation, it is recommended to pull and merge
before pushing.

Use --new-branch if you want to allow push to create a new named
branch that is not present at the destination. This allows you to
only create a new branch without forcing other changes.

Use -f/--force to override the default behavior and push all
changesets on all branches.

If -r/--rev is used, the specified revision and all its ancestors
will be pushed to the remote repository.

Please see :hg:`help urls` for important details about ``ssh://``
URLs. If DESTINATION is omitted, a default path will be used.

Returns 0 if push was successful, 1 if nothing to push.

Options:

-f, --force     force push
-r, --rev       a changeset intended to be included in the destination
-B, --bookmark  bookmark to push
-b, --branch    a specific branch you would like to push
--new-branch    allow pushing a new branch
-e, --ssh       specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd     specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure      do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

recover
"""""""

::

   hg recover

Recover from an interrupted commit or pull.

This command tries to fix the repository status after an
interrupted operation. It should only be necessary when Mercurial
suggests it.

Returns 0 if successful, 1 if nothing to recover or verify fails.

remove
""""""

::

   hg remove [OPTION]... FILE...

Schedule the indicated files for removal from the repository.

This only removes files from the current branch, not from the
entire project history. -A/--after can be used to remove only
files that have already been deleted, -f/--force can be used to
force deletion, and -Af can be used to remove files from the next
revision without deleting them from the working directory.

The following table details the behavior of remove for different
file states (columns) and option combinations (rows). The file
states are Added [A], Clean [C], Modified [M] and Missing [!] (as
reported by :hg:`status`). The actions are Warn, Remove (from
branch) and Delete (from disk)::

         A  C  M  !
  none   W  RD W  R
  -f     R  RD RD R
  -A     W  W  W  R
  -Af    R  R  R  R

This command schedules the files to be removed at the next commit.
To undo a remove before that, see :hg:`revert`.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if any warnings encountered.

Options:

-A, --after    record delete for missing files
-f, --force    remove (and delete) file even if added or modified
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

    aliases: rm

rename
""""""

::

   hg rename [OPTION]... SOURCE... DEST

Mark dest as copies of sources; mark sources for deletion. If dest
is a directory, copies are put in that directory. If dest is a
file, there can only be one source.

By default, this command copies the contents of files as they
exist in the working directory. If invoked with -A/--after, the
operation is recorded, but no copying is performed.

This command takes effect at the next commit. To undo a rename
before that, see :hg:`revert`.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if errors are encountered.

Options:

-A, --after    record a rename that has already occurred
-f, --force    forcibly copy over an existing managed file
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns
-n, --dry-run  do not perform actions, just print output

    aliases: move mv

resolve
"""""""

::

   hg resolve [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Merges with unresolved conflicts are often the result of
non-interactive merging using the ``internal:merge`` configuration
setting, or a command-line merge tool like ``diff3``. The resolve
command is used to manage the files involved in a merge, after
:hg:`merge` has been run, and before :hg:`commit` is run (i.e. the
working directory must have two parents).

The resolve command can be used in the following ways:

- :hg:`resolve [--tool TOOL] FILE...`: attempt to re-merge the specified
  files, discarding any previous merge attempts. Re-merging is not
  performed for files already marked as resolved. Use ``--all/-a``
  to selects all unresolved files. ``--tool`` can be used to specify
  the merge tool used for the given files. It overrides the HGMERGE
  environment variable and your configuration files.

- :hg:`resolve -m [FILE]`: mark a file as having been resolved
  (e.g. after having manually fixed-up the files). The default is
  to mark all unresolved files.

- :hg:`resolve -u [FILE]...`: mark a file as unresolved. The
  default is to mark all resolved files.

- :hg:`resolve -l`: list files which had or still have conflicts.
  In the printed list, ``U`` = unresolved and ``R`` = resolved.

Note that Mercurial will not let you commit files with unresolved
merge conflicts. You must use :hg:`resolve -m ...` before you can
commit after a conflicting merge.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if any files fail a resolve attempt.

Options:

-a, --all        select all unresolved files
-l, --list       list state of files needing merge
-m, --mark       mark files as resolved
-u, --unmark     mark files as unresolved
-t, --tool       specify merge tool
-n, --no-status  hide status prefix
-I, --include    include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns

revert
""""""

::

   hg revert [OPTION]... [-r REV] [NAME]...

.. note::
   This command is most likely not what you are looking for.
   Revert will partially overwrite content in the working
   directory without changing the working directory parents. Use
   :hg:`update -r rev` to check out earlier revisions, or
   :hg:`update --clean .` to undo a merge which has added another
   parent.

With no revision specified, revert the named files or directories
to the contents they had in the parent of the working directory.
This restores the contents of the affected files to an unmodified
state and unschedules adds, removes, copies, and renames. If the
working directory has two parents, you must explicitly specify a
revision.

Using the -r/--rev option, revert the given files or directories
to their contents as of a specific revision. This can be helpful
to "roll back" some or all of an earlier change. See :hg:`help
dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Revert modifies the working directory. It does not commit any
changes, or change the parent of the working directory. If you
revert to a revision other than the parent of the working
directory, the reverted files will thus appear modified
afterwards.

If a file has been deleted, it is restored. If the executable mode
of a file was changed, it is reset.

If names are given, all files matching the names are reverted.
If no arguments are given, no files are reverted.

Modified files are saved with a .orig suffix before reverting.
To disable these backups, use --no-backup.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-a, --all      revert all changes when no arguments given
-d, --date     tipmost revision matching date
-r, --rev      revert to the specified revision
--no-backup    do not save backup copies of files
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns
-n, --dry-run  do not perform actions, just print output

rollback
""""""""

::

   hg rollback

This command should be used with care. There is only one level of
rollback, and there is no way to undo a rollback. It will also
restore the dirstate at the time of the last transaction, losing
any dirstate changes since that time. This command does not alter
the working directory.

Transactions are used to encapsulate the effects of all commands
that create new changesets or propagate existing changesets into a
repository. For example, the following commands are transactional,
and their effects can be rolled back:

- commit
- import
- pull
- push (with this repository as the destination)
- unbundle

This command is not intended for use on public repositories. Once
changes are visible for pull by other users, rolling a transaction
back locally is ineffective (someone else may already have pulled
the changes). Furthermore, a race is possible with readers of the
repository; for example an in-progress pull from the repository
may fail if a rollback is performed.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if no rollback data is available.

Options:

-n, --dry-run  do not perform actions, just print output

root
""""

::

   hg root

Print the root directory of the current repository.

Returns 0 on success.

serve
"""""

::

   hg serve [OPTION]...

Start a local HTTP repository browser and pull server. You can use
this for ad-hoc sharing and browsing of repositories. It is
recommended to use a real web server to serve a repository for
longer periods of time.

Please note that the server does not implement access control.
This means that, by default, anybody can read from the server and
nobody can write to it by default. Set the ``web.allow_push``
option to ``*`` to allow everybody to push to the server. You
should use a real web server if you need to authenticate users.

By default, the server logs accesses to stdout and errors to
stderr. Use the -A/--accesslog and -E/--errorlog options to log to
files.

To have the server choose a free port number to listen on, specify
a port number of 0; in this case, the server will print the port
number it uses.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-A, --accesslog   name of access log file to write to
-d, --daemon      run server in background
--daemon-pipefds  used internally by daemon mode
-E, --errorlog    name of error log file to write to
-p, --port        port to listen on (default: 8000)
-a, --address     address to listen on (default: all interfaces)
--prefix          prefix path to serve from (default: server root)
-n, --name        name to show in web pages (default: working directory)
--web-conf        name of the hgweb config file (see "hg help hgweb")
--webdir-conf     name of the hgweb config file (DEPRECATED)
--pid-file        name of file to write process ID to
--stdio           for remote clients
-t, --templates   web templates to use
--style           template style to use
-6, --ipv6        use IPv6 in addition to IPv4
--certificate     SSL certificate file

showconfig
""""""""""

::

   hg showconfig [-u] [NAME]...

With no arguments, print names and values of all config items.

With one argument of the form section.name, print just the value
of that config item.

With multiple arguments, print names and values of all config
items with matching section names.

With --debug, the source (filename and line number) is printed
for each config item.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-u, --untrusted  show untrusted configuration options

    aliases: debugconfig

status
""""""

::

   hg status [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Show status of files in the repository. If names are given, only
files that match are shown. Files that are clean or ignored or
the source of a copy/move operation, are not listed unless
-c/--clean, -i/--ignored, -C/--copies or -A/--all are given.
Unless options described with "show only ..." are given, the
options -mardu are used.

Option -q/--quiet hides untracked (unknown and ignored) files
unless explicitly requested with -u/--unknown or -i/--ignored.

.. note::
   status may appear to disagree with diff if permissions have
   changed or a merge has occurred. The standard diff format does
   not report permission changes and diff only reports changes
   relative to one merge parent.

If one revision is given, it is used as the base revision.
If two revisions are given, the differences between them are
shown. The --change option can also be used as a shortcut to list
the changed files of a revision from its first parent.

The codes used to show the status of files are::

  M = modified
  A = added
  R = removed
  C = clean
  ! = missing (deleted by non-hg command, but still tracked)
  ? = not tracked
  I = ignored
    = origin of the previous file listed as A (added)

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-A, --all        show status of all files
-m, --modified   show only modified files
-a, --added      show only added files
-r, --removed    show only removed files
-d, --deleted    show only deleted (but tracked) files
-c, --clean      show only files without changes
-u, --unknown    show only unknown (not tracked) files
-i, --ignored    show only ignored files
-n, --no-status  hide status prefix
-C, --copies     show source of copied files
-0, --print0     end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs
--rev            show difference from revision
--change         list the changed files of a revision
-I, --include    include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns
-S, --subrepos   recurse into subrepositories

    aliases: st

summary
"""""""

::

   hg summary [--remote]

This generates a brief summary of the working directory state,
including parents, branch, commit status, and available updates.

With the --remote option, this will check the default paths for
incoming and outgoing changes. This can be time-consuming.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

--remote  check for push and pull

    aliases: sum

tag
"""

::

   hg tag [-f] [-l] [-m TEXT] [-d DATE] [-u USER] [-r REV] NAME...

Name a particular revision using <name>.

Tags are used to name particular revisions of the repository and are
very useful to compare different revisions, to go back to significant
earlier versions or to mark branch points as releases, etc. Changing
an existing tag is normally disallowed; use -f/--force to override.

If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is
used, or tip if no revision is checked out.

To facilitate version control, distribution, and merging of tags,
they are stored as a file named ".hgtags" which is managed similarly
to other project files and can be hand-edited if necessary. This
also means that tagging creates a new commit. The file
".hg/localtags" is used for local tags (not shared among
repositories).

Tag commits are usually made at the head of a branch. If the parent
of the working directory is not a branch head, :hg:`tag` aborts; use
-f/--force to force the tag commit to be based on a non-head
changeset.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Since tag names have priority over branch names during revision
lookup, using an existing branch name as a tag name is discouraged.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --force    force tag
-l, --local    make the tag local
-r, --rev      revision to tag
--remove       remove a tag
-e, --edit     edit commit message
-m, --message  use <text> as commit message
-d, --date     record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user     record the specified user as committer

tags
""""

::

   hg tags

This lists both regular and local tags. When the -v/--verbose
switch is used, a third column "local" is printed for local tags.

Returns 0 on success.

tip
"""

::

   hg tip [-p] [-g]

The tip revision (usually just called the tip) is the changeset
most recently added to the repository (and therefore the most
recently changed head).

If you have just made a commit, that commit will be the tip. If
you have just pulled changes from another repository, the tip of
that repository becomes the current tip. The "tip" tag is special
and cannot be renamed or assigned to a different changeset.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-p, --patch  show patch
-g, --git    use git extended diff format
--style      display using template map file
--template   display with template

unbundle
""""""""

::

   hg unbundle [-u] FILE...

Apply one or more compressed changegroup files generated by the
bundle command.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if an update has unresolved files.

Options:

-u, --update  update to new branch head if changesets were unbundled

update
""""""

::

   hg update [-c] [-C] [-d DATE] [[-r] REV]

Update the repository's working directory to the specified
changeset. If no changeset is specified, update to the tip of the
current named branch.

If the changeset is not a descendant of the working directory's
parent, the update is aborted. With the -c/--check option, the
working directory is checked for uncommitted changes; if none are
found, the working directory is updated to the specified
changeset.

The following rules apply when the working directory contains
uncommitted changes:

1. If neither -c/--check nor -C/--clean is specified, and if
   the requested changeset is an ancestor or descendant of
   the working directory's parent, the uncommitted changes
   are merged into the requested changeset and the merged
   result is left uncommitted. If the requested changeset is
   not an ancestor or descendant (that is, it is on another
   branch), the update is aborted and the uncommitted changes
   are preserved.

2. With the -c/--check option, the update is aborted and the
   uncommitted changes are preserved.

3. With the -C/--clean option, uncommitted changes are discarded and
   the working directory is updated to the requested changeset.

Use null as the changeset to remove the working directory (like
:hg:`clone -U`).

If you want to update just one file to an older changeset, use
:hg:`revert`.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if there are unresolved files.

Options:

-C, --clean  discard uncommitted changes (no backup)
-c, --check  update across branches if no uncommitted changes
-d, --date   tipmost revision matching date
-r, --rev    revision

    aliases: up checkout co

verify
""""""

::

   hg verify

Verify the integrity of the current repository.

This will perform an extensive check of the repository's
integrity, validating the hashes and checksums of each entry in
the changelog, manifest, and tracked files, as well as the
integrity of their crosslinks and indices.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if errors are encountered.

version
"""""""

::

   hg version

output version and copyright information

.. _config:
.. _hgrc:

Configuration Files
-------------------

Mercurial reads configuration data from several files, if they exist.
Below we list the most specific file first.

On Windows, these configuration files are read:

- ``<repo>\.hg\hgrc``
- ``%USERPROFILE%\.hgrc``
- ``%USERPROFILE%\mercurial.ini``
- ``%HOME%\.hgrc``
- ``%HOME%\mercurial.ini``
- ``C:\mercurial\mercurial.ini`` (unless regkey or hgrc.d\ or mercurial.ini found)
- ``HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercurial`` (unless hgrc.d\ or mercurial.ini found)
- ``<hg.exe-dir>\hgrc.d\*.rc`` (unless mercurial.ini found)
- ``<hg.exe-dir>\mercurial.ini``

On Unix, these files are read:

- ``<repo>/.hg/hgrc``
- ``$HOME/.hgrc``
- ``/etc/mercurial/hgrc``
- ``/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc``
- ``<install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc``
- ``<install-root>/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d/*.rc``

These files do not exist by default and you will have to create the
appropriate configuration files yourself: global configuration like
the username setting is typically put into
``%USERPROFILE%\mercurial.ini`` or ``$HOME/.hgrc`` and local
configuration is put into the per-repository ``<repo>/.hg/hgrc`` file.

If there is a per-repository configuration file which is not owned by
the active user, Mercurial will warn you that the file is skipped::

  not trusting file <repo>/.hg/hgrc from untrusted user USER, group GROUP

If this bothers you, the warning can be silenced (the file would still
be ignored) or trust can be established. Use one of the following
settings, the syntax is explained below:

- ``ui.report_untrusted = False``
- ``trusted.users = USER``
- ``trusted.groups = GROUP``

The configuration files for Mercurial use a simple ini-file format. A
configuration file consists of sections, led by a ``[section]`` header
and followed by ``name = value`` entries::

  [ui]
  username = Firstname Lastname <firstname.lastname@example.net>
  verbose = True

The above entries will be referred to as ``ui.username`` and
``ui.verbose``, respectively. Please see the hgrc man page for a full
description of the possible configuration values:

- on Unix-like systems: ``man hgrc``
- online: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html

.. _dates:

Date Formats
------------

Some commands allow the user to specify a date, e.g.:

- backout, commit, import, tag: Specify the commit date.
- log, revert, update: Select revision(s) by date.

Many date formats are valid. Here are some examples:

- ``Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006`` (local timezone assumed)
- ``Dec 6 13:18 -0600`` (year assumed, time offset provided)
- ``Dec 6 13:18 UTC`` (UTC and GMT are aliases for +0000)
- ``Dec 6`` (midnight)
- ``13:18`` (today assumed)
- ``3:39`` (3:39AM assumed)
- ``3:39pm`` (15:39)
- ``2006-12-06 13:18:29`` (ISO 8601 format)
- ``2006-12-6 13:18``
- ``2006-12-6``
- ``12-6``
- ``12/6``
- ``12/6/6`` (Dec 6 2006)

Lastly, there is Mercurial's internal format:

- ``1165432709 0`` (Wed Dec 6 13:18:29 2006 UTC)

This is the internal representation format for dates. The first number
is the number of seconds since the epoch (1970-01-01 00:00 UTC). The
second is the offset of the local timezone, in seconds west of UTC
(negative if the timezone is east of UTC).

The log command also accepts date ranges:

- ``<{datetime}`` - at or before a given date/time
- ``>{datetime}`` - on or after a given date/time
- ``{datetime} to {datetime}`` - a date range, inclusive
- ``-{days}`` - within a given number of days of today

.. _patterns:

File Name Patterns
------------------

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.

To read name patterns from a file, use ``listfile:`` or ``listfile0:``.
The latter expects null delimited patterns while the former expects line
feeds. Each string read from the file is itself treated as a file
pattern.

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

File examples::

  listfile:list.txt  read list from list.txt with one file pattern per line
  listfile0:list.txt read list from list.txt with null byte delimiters

.. _environment:
.. _env:

Environment Variables
---------------------

HG
    Path to the 'hg' executable, automatically passed when running
    hooks, extensions or external tools. If unset or empty, this is
    the hg executable's name if it's frozen, or an executable named
    'hg' (with %PATHEXT% [defaulting to COM/EXE/BAT/CMD] extensions on
    Windows) is searched.

HGEDITOR
    This is the name of the editor to run when committing. See EDITOR.

    (deprecated, use configuration file)

HGENCODING
    This overrides the default locale setting detected by Mercurial.
    This setting is used to convert data including usernames,
    changeset descriptions, tag names, and branches. This setting can
    be overridden with the --encoding command-line option.

HGENCODINGMODE
    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling unknown characters
    while transcoding user input. The default is "strict", which
    causes Mercurial to abort if it can't map a character. Other
    settings include "replace", which replaces unknown characters, and
    "ignore", which drops them. This setting can be overridden with
    the --encodingmode command-line option.

HGENCODINGAMBIGUOUS
    This sets Mercurial's behavior for handling characters with
    "ambiguous" widths like accented Latin characters with East Asian
    fonts. By default, Mercurial assumes ambiguous characters are
    narrow, set this variable to "wide" if such characters cause
    formatting problems.

HGMERGE
    An executable to use for resolving merge conflicts. The program
    will be executed with three arguments: local file, remote file,
    ancestor file.

    (deprecated, use configuration file)

HGRCPATH
    A list of files or directories to search for configuration
    files. Item separator is ":" on Unix, ";" on Windows. If HGRCPATH
    is not set, platform default search path is used. If empty, only
    the .hg/hgrc from the current repository is read.

    For each element in HGRCPATH:

    - if it's a directory, all files ending with .rc are added
    - otherwise, the file itself will be added

HGPLAIN
    When set, this disables any configuration settings that might
    change Mercurial's default output. This includes encoding,
    defaults, verbose mode, debug mode, quiet mode, tracebacks, and
    localization. This can be useful when scripting against Mercurial
    in the face of existing user configuration.

    Equivalent options set via command line flags or environment
    variables are not overridden.

HGUSER
    This is the string used as the author of a commit. If not set,
    available values will be considered in this order:

    - HGUSER (deprecated)
    - configuration files from the HGRCPATH
    - EMAIL
    - interactive prompt
    - LOGNAME (with ``@hostname`` appended)

    (deprecated, use configuration file)

EMAIL
    May be used as the author of a commit; see HGUSER.

LOGNAME
    May be used as the author of a commit; see HGUSER.

VISUAL
    This is the name of the editor to use when committing. See EDITOR.

EDITOR
    Sometimes Mercurial needs to open a text file in an editor for a
    user to modify, for example when writing commit messages. The
    editor it uses is determined by looking at the environment
    variables HGEDITOR, VISUAL and EDITOR, in that order. The first
    non-empty one is chosen. If all of them are empty, the editor
    defaults to 'vi'.

PYTHONPATH
    This is used by Python to find imported modules and may need to be
    set appropriately if this Mercurial is not installed system-wide.

.. _revs:
.. _revisions:

Specifying Single Revisions
---------------------------

Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions.

A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers are
treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip,
-2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth.

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 is referred to as a short-form
identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix
of exactly one full-length identifier.

Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is a
symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch name
denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch names must
not contain the ":" character.

The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the
most recent revision.

The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the
revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.

The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If no
working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If an
uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the first
parent.

.. _mrevs:
.. _multirevs:

Specifying Multiple Revisions
-----------------------------

When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified
individually, or provided as a topologically 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 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.

.. _revset:
.. _revsets:

Specifying Revision Sets
------------------------

Mercurial supports a functional language for selecting a set of
revisions.

The language supports a number of predicates which are joined by infix
operators. Parenthesis can be used for grouping.

Identifiers such as branch names must be quoted with single or double
quotes if they contain characters outside of
``[._a-zA-Z0-9\x80-\xff]`` or if they match one of the predefined
predicates.

Special characters can be used in quoted identifiers by escaping them,
e.g., ``\n`` is interpreted as a newline. To prevent them from being
interpreted, strings can be prefixed with ``r``, e.g. ``r'...'``.

There is a single prefix operator:

``not x``
  Changesets not in x. Short form is ``! x``.

These are the supported infix operators:

``x::y``
  A DAG range, meaning all changesets that are descendants of x and
  ancestors of y, including x and y themselves. If the first endpoint
  is left out, this is equivalent to ``ancestors(y)``, if the second
  is left out it is equivalent to ``descendants(x)``.

  An alternative syntax is ``x..y``.

``x:y``
  All changesets with revision numbers between x and y, both
  inclusive. Either endpoint can be left out, they default to 0 and
  tip.

``x and y``
  The intersection of changesets in x and y. Short form is ``x & y``.

``x or y``
  The union of changesets in x and y. There are two alternative short
  forms: ``x | y`` and ``x + y``.

``x - y``
  Changesets in x but not in y.

The following predicates are supported:

.. predicatesmarker

Command line equivalents for :hg:`log`::

  -f    ->  ::.
  -d x  ->  date(x)
  -k x  ->  keyword(x)
  -m    ->  merge()
  -u x  ->  user(x)
  -b x  ->  branch(x)
  -P x  ->  !::x
  -l x  ->  limit(expr, x)

Some sample queries:

- Changesets on the default branch::

    hg log -r "branch(default)"

- Changesets on the default branch since tag 1.5 (excluding merges)::

    hg log -r "branch(default) and 1.5:: and not merge()"

- Open branch heads::

    hg log -r "head() and not closed()"

- Changesets between tags 1.3 and 1.5 mentioning "bug" that affect
  ``hgext/*``::

    hg log -r "1.3::1.5 and keyword(bug) and file('hgext/*')"

- Changesets committed in May 2008, sorted by user::

    hg log -r "sort(date('May 2008'), user)"

- Changesets mentioning "bug" or "issue" that are not in a tagged
  release::

    hg log -r "(keyword(bug) or keyword(issue)) and not ancestors(tagged())"

.. _diffs:

Diff Formats
------------

Mercurial's default format for showing changes between two versions of
a file is compatible with the unified format of GNU diff, which can be
used by GNU patch and many other standard tools.

While this standard format is often enough, it does not encode the
following information:

- executable status and other permission bits
- copy or rename information
- changes in binary files
- creation or deletion of empty files

Mercurial also supports the extended diff format from the git VCS
which addresses these limitations. The git diff format is not produced
by default because a few widespread tools still do not understand this
format.

This means that when generating diffs from a Mercurial repository
(e.g. with :hg:`export`), you should be careful about things like file
copies and renames or other things mentioned above, because when
applying a standard diff to a different repository, this extra
information is lost. Mercurial's internal operations (like push and
pull) are not affected by this, because they use an internal binary
format for communicating changes.

To make Mercurial produce the git extended diff format, use the --git
option available for many commands, or set 'git = True' in the [diff]
section of your configuration file. You do not need to set this option
when importing diffs in this format or using them in the mq extension.

.. _merge-tools:

Merge Tools
-----------

To merge files Mercurial uses merge tools.

A merge tool combines two different versions of a file into a merged
file. Merge tools are given the two files and the greatest common
ancestor of the two file versions, so they can determine the changes
made on both branches.

Merge tools are used both for :hg:`resolve`, :hg:`merge`, :hg:`update`,
:hg:`backout` and in several extensions.

Usually, the merge tool tries to automatically reconcile the files by
combining all non-overlapping changes that occurred separately in
the two different evolutions of the same initial base file. Furthermore, some
interactive merge programs make it easier to manually resolve
conflicting merges, either in a graphical way, or by inserting some
conflict markers. Mercurial does not include any interactive merge
programs but relies on external tools for that.

Available merge tools
"""""""""""""""""""""

External merge tools and their properties are configured in the
merge-tools configuration section - see hgrc(5) - but they can often just
be named by their executable.

A merge tool is generally usable if its executable can be found on the
system and if it can handle the merge. The executable is found if it
is an absolute or relative executable path or the name of an
application in the executable search path. The tool is assumed to be
able to handle the merge if it can handle symlinks if the file is a
symlink, if it can handle binary files if the file is binary, and if a
GUI is available if the tool requires a GUI.

There are some internal merge tools which can be used. The internal
merge tools are:

``internal:merge``
   Uses the internal non-interactive simple merge algorithm for merging
   files. It will fail if there are any conflicts and leave markers in
   the partially merged file.

``internal:fail``
   Rather than attempting to merge files that were modified on both
   branches, it marks them as unresolved. The resolve command must be
   used to resolve these conflicts.

``internal:local``
   Uses the local version of files as the merged version.

``internal:other``
   Uses the other version of files as the merged version.

``internal:prompt``
   Asks the user which of the local or the other version to keep as
   the merged version.

``internal:dump``
   Creates three versions of the files to merge, containing the
   contents of local, other and base. These files can then be used to
   perform a merge manually. If the file to be merged is named
   ``a.txt``, these files will accordingly be named ``a.txt.local``,
   ``a.txt.other`` and ``a.txt.base`` and they will be placed in the
   same directory as ``a.txt``.

Internal tools are always available and do not require a GUI but will by default
not handle symlinks or binary files.

Choosing a merge tool
"""""""""""""""""""""

Mercurial uses these rules when deciding which merge tool to use:

1. If a tool has been specified with the --tool option to merge or resolve, it
   is used.  If it is the name of a tool in the merge-tools configuration, its
   configuration is used. Otherwise the specified tool must be executable by
   the shell.

2. If the ``HGMERGE`` environment variable is present, its value is used and
   must be executable by the shell.

3. If the filename of the file to be merged matches any of the patterns in the
   merge-patterns configuration section, the first usable merge tool
   corresponding to a matching pattern is used. Here, binary capabilities of the
   merge tool are not considered.

4. If ui.merge is set it will be considered next. If the value is not the name
   of a configured tool, the specified value is used and must be executable by
   the shell. Otherwise the named tool is used if it is usable.

5. If any usable merge tools are present in the merge-tools configuration
   section, the one with the highest priority is used.

6. If a program named ``hgmerge`` can be found on the system, it is used - but
   it will by default not be used for symlinks and binary files.

7. If the file to be merged is not binary and is not a symlink, then
   ``internal:merge`` is used.

8. The merge of the file fails and must be resolved before commit.

.. note::
   After selecting a merge program, Mercurial will by default attempt
   to merge the files using a simple merge algorithm first. Only if it doesn't
   succeed because of conflicting changes Mercurial will actually execute the
   merge program. Whether to use the simple merge algorithm first can be
   controlled by the premerge setting of the merge tool. Premerge is enabled by
   default unless the file is binary or a symlink.

See the merge-tools and ui sections of hgrc(5) for details on the
configuration of merge tools.

.. _templating:
.. _templates:

Template Usage
--------------

Mercurial allows you to customize output of commands through
templates. You can either pass in a template from the command
line, via the --template option, or select an existing
template-style (--style).

You can customize output for any "log-like" command: log,
outgoing, incoming, tip, parents, heads and glog.

Four styles are packaged with Mercurial: default (the style used
when no explicit preference is passed), compact, changelog,
and xml.
Usage::

    $ hg log -r1 --style changelog

A template is a piece of text, with markup to invoke variable
expansion::

    $ hg log -r1 --template "{node}\n"
    b56ce7b07c52de7d5fd79fb89701ea538af65746

Strings in curly braces are called keywords. The availability of
keywords depends on the exact context of the templater. These
keywords are usually available for templating a log-like command:

:author: String. The unmodified author of the changeset.

:branch: String. The name of the branch on which the changeset was
    committed.

:branches: List of strings. The name of the branch on which the
    changeset was committed. Will be empty if the branch name was
    default.

:children: List of strings. The children of the changeset.

:date: Date information. The date when the changeset was committed.

:desc: String. The text of the changeset description.

:diffstat: String. Statistics of changes with the following format:
    "modified files: +added/-removed lines"

:files: List of strings. All files modified, added, or removed by this
    changeset.

:file_adds: List of strings. Files added by this changeset.

:file_copies: List of strings. Files copied in this changeset with
    their sources.

:file_copies_switch: List of strings. Like "file_copies" but displayed
    only if the --copied switch is set.

:file_mods: List of strings. Files modified by this changeset.

:file_dels: List of strings. Files removed by this changeset.

:node: String. The changeset identification hash, as a 40 hexadecimal
    digit string.

:parents: List of strings. The parents of the changeset.

:rev: Integer. The repository-local changeset revision number.

:tags: List of strings. Any tags associated with the changeset.

:latesttag: String. Most recent global tag in the ancestors of this
    changeset.

:latesttagdistance: Integer. Longest path to the latest tag.

The "date" keyword does not produce human-readable output. If you
want to use a date in your output, you can use a filter to process
it. Filters are functions which return a string based on the input
variable. Be sure to use the stringify filter first when you're
applying a string-input filter to a list-like input variable.
You can also use a chain of filters to get the desired output::

   $ hg tip --template "{date|isodate}\n"
   2008-08-21 18:22 +0000

List of filters:

:addbreaks: Any text. Add an XHTML "<br />" tag before the end of
    every line except the last.

:age: Date. Returns a human-readable date/time difference between the
    given date/time and the current date/time.

:basename: Any text. Treats the text as a path, and returns the last
    component of the path after splitting by the path separator
    (ignoring trailing separators). For example, "foo/bar/baz" becomes
    "baz" and "foo/bar//" becomes "bar".

:stripdir: Treat the text as path and strip a directory level, if
    possible. For example, "foo" and "foo/bar" becomes "foo".

:date: Date. Returns a date in a Unix date format, including the
    timezone: "Mon Sep 04 15:13:13 2006 0700".

:domain: Any text. Finds the first string that looks like an email
    address, and extracts just the domain component. Example: ``User
    <user@example.com>`` becomes ``example.com``.

:email: Any text. Extracts the first string that looks like an email
    address. Example: ``User <user@example.com>`` becomes
    ``user@example.com``.

:escape: Any text. Replaces the special XML/XHTML characters "&", "<"
    and ">" with XML entities.

:hex: Any text. Convert a binary Mercurial node identifier into
    its long hexadecimal representation.

:fill68: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 68 columns.

:fill76: Any text. Wraps the text to fit in 76 columns.

:firstline: Any text. Returns the first line of text.

:nonempty: Any text. Returns '(none)' if the string is empty.

:hgdate: Date. Returns the date as a pair of numbers: "1157407993
    25200" (Unix timestamp, timezone offset).

:isodate: Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format: "2009-08-18 13:00
    +0200".

:isodatesec: Date. Returns the date in ISO 8601 format, including
    seconds: "2009-08-18 13:00:13 +0200". See also the rfc3339date
    filter.

:localdate: Date. Converts a date to local date.

:obfuscate: Any text. Returns the input text rendered as a sequence of
    XML entities.

:person: Any text. Returns the text before an email address.

:rfc822date: Date. Returns a date using the same format used in email
    headers: "Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:00:13 +0200".

:rfc3339date: Date. Returns a date using the Internet date format
    specified in RFC 3339: "2009-08-18T13:00:13+02:00".

:short: Changeset hash. Returns the short form of a changeset hash,
    i.e. a 12 hexadecimal digit string.

:shortdate: Date. Returns a date like "2006-09-18".

:stringify: Any type. Turns the value into text by converting values into
    text and concatenating them.

:strip: Any text. Strips all leading and trailing whitespace.

:tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every line except the
     first starting with a tab character.

:urlescape: Any text. Escapes all "special" characters. For example,
    "foo bar" becomes "foo%20bar".

:user: Any text. Returns the user portion of an email address.

.. _urls:

URL Paths
---------

Valid URLs are of the form::

  local/filesystem/path[#revision]
  file://local/filesystem/path[#revision]
  http://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision]
  https://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision]
  ssh://[user@]host[:port]/[path][#revision]

Paths in the local filesystem can either point to Mercurial
repositories or to bundle files (as created by :hg:`bundle` or :hg:`
incoming --bundle`). See also :hg:`help paths`.

An optional identifier after # indicates a particular branch, tag, or
changeset to use from the remote repository. See also :hg:`help
revisions`.

Some features, such as pushing to http:// and https:// URLs are only
possible if the feature is explicitly enabled on the remote Mercurial
server.

Note that the security of HTTPS URLs depends on proper configuration of
web.cacerts.

Some notes about using SSH with Mercurial:

- SSH requires an accessible shell account on the destination machine
  and a copy of hg in the remote path or specified with as remotecmd.
- path is relative to the remote user's home directory by default. Use
  an extra slash at the start of a path to specify an absolute path::

    ssh://example.com//tmp/repository

- Mercurial doesn't use its own compression via SSH; the right thing
  to do is to configure it in your ~/.ssh/config, e.g.::

    Host *.mylocalnetwork.example.com
      Compression no
    Host *
      Compression yes

  Alternatively specify "ssh -C" as your ssh command in your
  configuration file or with the --ssh command line option.

These URLs can all be stored in your configuration file with path
aliases under the [paths] section like so::

  [paths]
  alias1 = URL1
  alias2 = URL2
  ...

You can then use the alias for any command that uses a URL (for
example :hg:`pull alias1` will be treated as :hg:`pull URL1`).

Two path aliases are special because they are used as defaults when
you do not provide the URL to a command:

default:
  When you create a repository with hg clone, the clone command saves
  the location of the source repository as the new repository's
  'default' path. This is then used when you omit path from push- and
  pull-like commands (including incoming and outgoing).

default-push:
  The push command will look for a path named 'default-push', and
  prefer it over 'default' if both are defined.

.. _extensions:

Using additional features
-------------------------

Mercurial has the ability to add new features through the use of
extensions. Extensions may add new commands, add options to
existing commands, change the default behavior of commands, or
implement hooks.

Extensions are not loaded by default for a variety of reasons:
they can increase startup overhead; they may be meant for advanced
usage only; they may provide potentially dangerous abilities (such
as letting you destroy or modify history); they might not be ready
for prime time; or they may alter some usual behaviors of stock
Mercurial. It is thus up to the user to activate extensions as
needed.

To enable the "foo" extension, either shipped with Mercurial or in the
Python search path, create an entry for it in your configuration file,
like this::

  [extensions]
  foo =

You may also specify the full path to an extension::

  [extensions]
  myfeature = ~/.hgext/myfeature.py

To explicitly disable an extension enabled in a configuration file of
broader scope, prepend its path with !::

  [extensions]
  # disabling extension bar residing in /path/to/extension/bar.py
  bar = !/path/to/extension/bar.py
  # ditto, but no path was supplied for extension baz
  baz = !

disabled extensions:

 :acl:           hooks for controlling repository access
 :bugzilla:      hooks for integrating with the Bugzilla bug tracker
 :children:      command to display child changesets
 :churn:         command to display statistics about repository history
 :color:         colorize output from some commands
 :convert:       import revisions from foreign VCS repositories into Mercurial
 :eol:           automatically manage newlines in repository files
 :extdiff:       command to allow external programs to compare revisions
 :fetch:         pull, update and merge in one command
 :gpg:           commands to sign and verify changesets
 :graphlog:      command to view revision graphs from a shell
 :hgcia:         hooks for integrating with the CIA.vc notification service
 :hgk:           browse the repository in a graphical way
 :highlight:     syntax highlighting for hgweb (requires Pygments)
 :inotify:       accelerate status report using Linux's inotify service
 :interhg:       expand expressions into changelog and summaries
 :keyword:       expand keywords in tracked files
 :mq:            manage a stack of patches
 :notify:        hooks for sending email notifications at commit/push time
 :pager:         browse command output with an external pager
 :parentrevspec: interpret suffixes to refer to ancestor revisions
 :patchbomb:     command to send changesets as (a series of) patch emails
 :progress:      show progress bars for some actions
 :purge:         command to delete untracked files from the working directory
 :rebase:        command to move sets of revisions to a different ancestor
 :record:        commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh
 :relink:        recreates hardlinks between repository clones
 :schemes:       extend schemes with shortcuts to repository swarms
 :share:         share a common history between several working directories
 :transplant:    command to transplant changesets from another branch
 :win32mbcs:     allow the use of MBCS paths with problematic encodings
 :win32text:     perform automatic newline conversion
 :zeroconf:      discover and advertise repositories on the local network

.. _subrepo:
.. _subrepos:

Subrepositories
---------------

Subrepositories let you nest external repositories or projects into a
parent Mercurial repository, and make commands operate on them as a
group. External Mercurial and Subversion projects are currently
supported.

Subrepositories are made of three components:

1. Nested repository checkouts. They can appear anywhere in the
   parent working directory, and are Mercurial clones or Subversion
   checkouts.

2. Nested repository references. They are defined in ``.hgsub`` and
   tell where the subrepository checkouts come from. Mercurial
   subrepositories are referenced like:

     path/to/nested = https://example.com/nested/repo/path

   where ``path/to/nested`` is the checkout location relatively to the
   parent Mercurial root, and ``https://example.com/nested/repo/path``
   is the source repository path. The source can also reference a
   filesystem path. Subversion repositories are defined with:

     path/to/nested = [svn]https://example.com/nested/trunk/path

   Note that ``.hgsub`` does not exist by default in Mercurial
   repositories, you have to create and add it to the parent
   repository before using subrepositories.

3. Nested repository states. They are defined in ``.hgsubstate`` and
   capture whatever information is required to restore the
   subrepositories to the state they were committed in a parent
   repository changeset. Mercurial automatically record the nested
   repositories states when committing in the parent repository.

   .. note::
      The ``.hgsubstate`` file should not be edited manually.


Adding a Subrepository
----------------------

If ``.hgsub`` does not exist, create it and add it to the parent
repository. Clone or checkout the external projects where you want it
to live in the parent repository. Edit ``.hgsub`` and add the
subrepository entry as described above. At this point, the
subrepository is tracked and the next commit will record its state in
``.hgsubstate`` and bind it to the committed changeset.

Synchronizing a Subrepository
-----------------------------

Subrepos do not automatically track the latest changeset of their
sources. Instead, they are updated to the changeset that corresponds
with the changeset checked out in the top-level changeset. This is so
developers always get a consistent set of compatible code and
libraries when they update.

Thus, updating subrepos is a manual process. Simply check out target
subrepo at the desired revision, test in the top-level repo, then
commit in the parent repository to record the new combination.

Deleting a Subrepository
------------------------

To remove a subrepository from the parent repository, delete its
reference from ``.hgsub``, then remove its files.

Interaction with Mercurial Commands
-----------------------------------

:add: add does not recurse in subrepos unless -S/--subrepos is
    specified. Subversion subrepositories are currently silently
    ignored.

:archive: archive does not recurse in subrepositories unless
    -S/--subrepos is specified.

:commit: commit creates a consistent snapshot of the state of the
    entire project and its subrepositories. It does this by first
    attempting to commit all modified subrepositories, then recording
    their state and finally committing it in the parent
    repository. Mercurial can be made to abort if any subrepository
    content is modified by setting "ui.commitsubrepos=no" in a
    configuration file (see :hg:`help config`).

:diff: diff does not recurse in subrepos unless -S/--subrepos is
    specified. Changes are displayed as usual, on the subrepositories
    elements. Subversion subrepositories are currently silently
    ignored.

:incoming: incoming does not recurse in subrepos unless -S/--subrepos
    is specified. Subversion subrepositories are currently silently
    ignored.

:outgoing: outgoing does not recurse in subrepos unless -S/--subrepos
    is specified. Subversion subrepositories are currently silently
    ignored.

:pull: pull is not recursive since it is not clear what to pull prior
    to running :hg:`update`. Listing and retrieving all
    subrepositories changes referenced by the parent repository pulled
    changesets is expensive at best, impossible in the Subversion
    case.

:push: Mercurial will automatically push all subrepositories first
    when the parent repository is being pushed. This ensures new
    subrepository changes are available when referenced by top-level
    repositories.

:status: status does not recurse into subrepositories unless
    -S/--subrepos is specified. Subrepository changes are displayed as
    regular Mercurial changes on the subrepository
    elements. Subversion subrepositories are currently silently
    ignored.

:update: update restores the subrepos in the state they were
    originally committed in target changeset. If the recorded
    changeset is not available in the current subrepository, Mercurial
    will pull it in first before updating.  This means that updating
    can require network access when using subrepositories.

Remapping Subrepositories Sources
---------------------------------

A subrepository source location may change during a project life,
invalidating references stored in the parent repository history. To
fix this, rewriting rules can be defined in parent repository ``hgrc``
file or in Mercurial configuration. See the ``[subpaths]`` section in
hgrc(5) for more details.


.. _hgweb:

Configuring hgweb
-----------------

Mercurial's internal web server, hgweb, can serve either a single
repository, or a collection of them. In the latter case, a special
configuration file can be used to specify the repository paths to use
and global web configuration options.

This file uses the same syntax as other Mercurial configuration files,
but only the following sections are recognized:

  - web
  - paths
  - collections

The ``web`` section can specify all the settings described in the web
section of the hgrc(5) documentation. See :hg:`help config` for
information on where to find the manual page.

The ``paths`` section provides mappings of physical repository
paths to virtual ones. For instance::

  [paths]
  projects/a = /foo/bar
  projects/b = /baz/quux
  web/root = /real/root/*
  / = /real/root2/*
  virtual/root2 = /real/root2/**

- The first two entries make two repositories in different directories
  appear under the same directory in the web interface
- The third entry maps every Mercurial repository found in '/real/root'
  into 'web/root'. This format is preferred over the [collections] one,
  since using absolute paths as configuration keys is not supported on every
  platform (especially on Windows).
- The fourth entry is a special case mapping all repositories in
  '/real/root2' in the root of the virtual directory.
- The fifth entry recursively finds all repositories under the real
  root, and maps their relative paths under the virtual root.

The ``collections`` section provides mappings of trees of physical
repositories paths to virtual ones, though the paths syntax is generally
preferred. For instance::

  [collections]
  /foo = /foo

Here, the left side will be stripped off all repositories found in the
right side. Thus ``/foo/bar`` and ``foo/quux/baz`` will be listed as
``bar`` and ``quux/baz`` respectively.

.. _glossary:

Glossary
--------

Ancestor
    Any changeset that can be reached by an unbroken chain of parent
    changesets from a given changeset. More precisely, the ancestors
    of a changeset can be defined by two properties: a parent of a
    changeset is an ancestor, and a parent of an ancestor is an
    ancestor. See also: 'Descendant'.

Branch
    (Noun) A child changeset that has been created from a parent that
    is not a head. These are known as topological branches, see
    'Branch, topological'. If a topological branch is named, it becomes
    a named branch. If a topological branch is not named, it becomes
    an anonymous branch. See 'Branch, anonymous' and 'Branch, named'.

    Branches may be created when changes are pulled from or pushed to
    a remote repository, since new heads may be created by these
    operations. Note that the term branch can also be used informally
    to describe a development process in which certain development is
    done independently of other development. This is sometimes done
    explicitly with a named branch, but it can also be done locally,
    using bookmarks or clones and anonymous branches.

    Example: "The experimental branch".

    (Verb) The action of creating a child changeset which results in
    its parent having more than one child.

    Example: "I'm going to branch at X".

Branch, anonymous
    Every time a new child changeset is created from a parent that is not
    a head and the name of the branch is not changed, a new anonymous
    branch is created.

Branch, closed
    A named branch whose branch heads have all been closed.

Branch, default
    The branch assigned to a changeset when no name has previously been
    assigned.

Branch head
    See 'Head, branch'.

Branch, inactive
    If a named branch has no topological heads, it is considered to be
    inactive. As an example, a feature branch becomes inactive when it
    is merged into the default branch. The :hg:`branches` command
    shows inactive branches by default, though they can be hidden with
    :hg:`branches --active`.

    NOTE: this concept is deprecated because it is too implicit.
    Branches should now be explicitly closed using :hg:`commit
    --close-branch` when they are no longer needed.

Branch, named
    A collection of changesets which have the same branch name. By
    default, children of a changeset in a named branch belong to the
    same named branch. A child can be explicitly assigned to a
    different branch. See :hg:`help branch`, :hg:`help branches` and
    :hg:`commit --close-branch` for more information on managing
    branches.

    Named branches can be thought of as a kind of namespace, dividing
    the collection of changesets that comprise the repository into a
    collection of disjoint subsets. A named branch is not necessarily
    a topological branch. If a new named branch is created from the
    head of another named branch, or the default branch, but no
    further changesets are added to that previous branch, then that
    previous branch will be a branch in name only.

Branch tip
    See 'Tip, branch'.

Branch, topological
    Every time a new child changeset is created from a parent that is
    not a head, a new topological branch is created. If a topological
    branch is named, it becomes a named branch. If a topological
    branch is not named, it becomes an anonymous branch of the
    current, possibly default, branch.

Changelog
    A record of the changesets in the order in which they were added
    to the repository. This includes details such as changeset id,
    author, commit message, date, and list of changed files.

Changeset
    A snapshot of the state of the repository used to record a change.

Changeset, child
    The converse of parent changeset: if P is a parent of C, then C is
    a child of P. There is no limit to the number of children that a
    changeset may have.

Changeset id
    A SHA-1 hash that uniquely identifies a changeset. It may be
    represented as either a "long" 40 hexadecimal digit string, or a
    "short" 12 hexadecimal digit string.

Changeset, merge
    A changeset with two parents. This occurs when a merge is
    committed.

Changeset, parent
    A revision upon which a child changeset is based. Specifically, a
    parent changeset of a changeset C is a changeset whose node
    immediately precedes C in the DAG. Changesets have at most two
    parents.

Checkout
    (Noun) The working directory being updated to a specific
    revision. This use should probably be avoided where possible, as
    changeset is much more appropriate than checkout in this context.

    Example: "I'm using checkout X."

    (Verb) Updating the working directory to a specific changeset. See
    :hg:`help update`.

    Example: "I'm going to check out changeset X."

Child changeset
    See 'Changeset, child'.

Close changeset
    See 'Changeset, close'.

Closed branch
    See 'Branch, closed'.

Clone
    (Noun) An entire or partial copy of a repository. The partial
    clone must be in the form of a revision and its ancestors.

    Example: "Is your clone up to date?".

    (Verb) The process of creating a clone, using :hg:`clone`.

    Example: "I'm going to clone the repository".

Closed branch head
    See 'Head, closed branch'.

Commit
    (Noun) A synonym for changeset.

    Example: "Is the bug fixed in your recent commit?"

    (Verb) The act of recording changes to a repository. When files
    are committed in a working directory, Mercurial finds the
    differences between the committed files and their parent
    changeset, creating a new changeset in the repository.

    Example: "You should commit those changes now."

Cset
    A common abbreviation of the term changeset.

DAG
    The repository of changesets of a distributed version control
    system (DVCS) can be described as a directed acyclic graph (DAG),
    consisting of nodes and edges, where nodes correspond to
    changesets and edges imply a parent -> child relation. This graph
    can be visualized by graphical tools such as :hg:`glog`
    (graphlog). In Mercurial, the DAG is limited by the requirement
    for children to have at most two parents.

Default branch
    See 'Branch, default'.

Descendant
    Any changeset that can be reached by a chain of child changesets
    from a given changeset. More precisely, the descendants of a
    changeset can be defined by two properties: the child of a
    changeset is a descendant, and the child of a descendant is a
    descendant. See also: 'Ancestor'.

Diff
    (Noun) The difference between the contents and attributes of files
    in two changesets or a changeset and the current working
    directory. The difference is usually represented in a standard
    form called a "diff" or "patch". The "git diff" format is used
    when the changes include copies, renames, or changes to file
    attributes, none of which can be represented/handled by classic
    "diff" and "patch".

    Example: "Did you see my correction in the diff?"

    (Verb) Diffing two changesets is the action of creating a diff or
    patch.

    Example: "If you diff with changeset X, you will see what I mean."

Directory, working
    The working directory represents the state of the files tracked by
    Mercurial, that will be recorded in the next commit. The working
    directory initially corresponds to the snapshot at an existing
    changeset, known as the parent of the working directory. See
    'Parent, working directory'. The state may be modified by changes
    to the files introduced manually or by a merge. The repository
    metadata exists in the .hg directory inside the working directory.

Graph
    See DAG and :hg:`help graphlog`.

Head
    The term 'head' may be used to refer to both a branch head or a
    repository head, depending on the context. See 'Head, branch' and
    'Head, repository' for specific definitions.

    Heads are where development generally takes place and are the
    usual targets for update and merge operations.

Head, branch
    A changeset with no descendants on the same named branch.

Head, closed branch
    A changeset that marks a head as no longer interesting. The closed
    head is no longer listed by :hg:`heads`. A branch is considered
    closed when all its heads are closed and consequently is not
    listed by :hg:`branches`.

Head, repository
    A topological head which has not been closed.

Head, topological
    A changeset with no children in the repository.

History, immutable
    Once committed, changesets cannot be altered.  Extensions which
    appear to change history actually create new changesets that
    replace existing ones, and then destroy the old changesets. Doing
    so in public repositories can result in old changesets being
    reintroduced to the repository.

History, rewriting
    The changesets in a repository are immutable. However, extensions
    to Mercurial can be used to alter the repository, usually in such
    a way as to preserve changeset contents.

Immutable history
    See 'History, immutable'.

Merge changeset
    See 'Changeset, merge'.

Manifest
    Each changeset has a manifest, which is the list of files that are
    tracked by the changeset.

Merge
    Used to bring together divergent branches of work. When you update
    to a changeset and then merge another changeset, you bring the
    history of the latter changeset into your working directory. Once
    conflicts are resolved (and marked), this merge may be committed
    as a merge changeset, bringing two branches together in the DAG.

Named branch
    See 'Branch, named'.

Null changeset
    The empty changeset. It is the parent state of newly-initialized
    repositories and repositories with no checked out revision. It is
    thus the parent of root changesets and the effective ancestor when
    merging unrelated changesets. Can be specified by the alias 'null'
    or by the changeset ID '000000000000'.

Parent
    See 'Changeset, parent'.

Parent changeset
    See 'Changeset, parent'.

Parent, working directory
    The working directory parent reflects a virtual revision which is
    the child of the changeset (or two changesets with an uncommitted
    merge) shown by :hg:`parents`. This is changed with
    :hg:`update`. Other commands to see the working directory parent
    are :hg:`summary` and :hg:`id`. Can be specified by the alias ".".

Patch
    (Noun) The product of a diff operation.

    Example: "I've sent you my patch."

    (Verb) The process of using a patch file to transform one
    changeset into another.

    Example: "You will need to patch that revision."

Pull
    An operation in which changesets in a remote repository which are
    not in the local repository are brought into the local
    repository. Note that this operation without special arguments
    only updates the repository, it does not update the files in the
    working directory. See :hg:`help pull`.

Push
    An operation in which changesets in a local repository which are
    not in a remote repository are sent to the remote repository. Note
    that this operation only adds changesets which have been committed
    locally to the remote repository. Uncommitted changes are not
    sent. See :hg:`help push`.

Repository
    The metadata describing all recorded states of a collection of
    files. Each recorded state is represented by a changeset. A
    repository is usually (but not always) found in the ``.hg``
    subdirectory of a working directory. Any recorded state can be
    recreated by "updating" a working directory to a specific
    changeset.

Repository head
    See 'Head, repository'.

Revision
    A state of the repository at some point in time. Earlier revisions
    can be updated to by using :hg:`update`.  See also 'Revision
    number'; See also 'Changeset'.

Revision number
    This integer uniquely identifies a changeset in a specific
    repository. It represents the order in which changesets were added
    to a repository, starting with revision number 0. Note that the
    revision number may be different in each clone of a repository. To
    identify changesets uniquely between different clones, see
    'Changeset id'.

Revlog
    History storage mechanism used by Mercurial. It is a form of delta
    encoding, with occasional full revision of data followed by delta
    of each successive revision. It includes data and an index
    pointing to the data.

Rewriting history
    See 'History, rewriting'.

Root
    A changeset that has only the null changeset as its parent. Most
    repositories have only a single root changeset.

Tip
    The changeset with the highest revision number. It is the changeset
    most recently added in a repository.

Tip, branch
    The head of a given branch with the highest revision number. When
    a branch name is used as a revision identifier, it refers to the
    branch tip. See also 'Branch, head'. Note that because revision
    numbers may be different in different repository clones, the
    branch tip may be different in different cloned repositories.

Update
    (Noun) Another synonym of changeset.

    Example: "I've pushed an update".

    (Verb) This term is usually used to describe updating the state of
    the working directory to that of a specific changeset. See
    :hg:`help update`.

    Example: "You should update".

Working directory
    See 'Directory, working'.

Working directory parent
    See 'Parent, working directory'.

Extensions
----------

This section contains help for extensions that are distributed together with Mercurial. Help for other extensions is available in the help system.

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acl
"""

hooks for controlling repository access

This hook makes it possible to allow or deny write access to given
branches and paths of a repository when receiving incoming changesets
via pretxnchangegroup and pretxncommit.

The authorization is matched based on the local user name on the
system where the hook runs, and not the committer of the original
changeset (since the latter is merely informative).

The acl hook is best used along with a restricted shell like hgsh,
preventing authenticating users from doing anything other than pushing
or pulling. The hook is not safe to use if users have interactive
shell access, as they can then disable the hook. Nor is it safe if
remote users share an account, because then there is no way to
distinguish them.

The order in which access checks are performed is:

1) Deny  list for branches (section ``acl.deny.branches``)
2) Allow list for branches (section ``acl.allow.branches``)
3) Deny  list for paths    (section ``acl.deny``)
4) Allow list for paths    (section ``acl.allow``)

The allow and deny sections take key-value pairs.

Branch-based Access Control
...........................

Use the ``acl.deny.branches`` and ``acl.allow.branches`` sections to
have branch-based access control. Keys in these sections can be
either:

- a branch name, or
- an asterisk, to match any branch;

The corresponding values can be either:

- a comma-separated list containing users and groups, or
- an asterisk, to match anyone;

Path-based Access Control
.........................

Use the ``acl.deny`` and ``acl.allow`` sections to have path-based
access control. Keys in these sections accept a subtree pattern (with
a glob syntax by default). The corresponding values follow the same
syntax as the other sections above.

Groups
......

Group names must be prefixed with an ``@`` symbol. Specifying a group
name has the same effect as specifying all the users in that group.

You can define group members in the ``acl.groups`` section.
If a group name is not defined there, and Mercurial is running under
a Unix-like system, the list of users will be taken from the OS.
Otherwise, an exception will be raised.

Example Configuration
.....................

::

  [hooks]

  # Use this if you want to check access restrictions at commit time
  pretxncommit.acl = python:hgext.acl.hook

  # Use this if you want to check access restrictions for pull, push,
  # bundle and serve.
  pretxnchangegroup.acl = python:hgext.acl.hook

  [acl]
  # Allow or deny access for incoming changes only if their source is
  # listed here, let them pass otherwise. Source is "serve" for all
  # remote access (http or ssh), "push", "pull" or "bundle" when the
  # related commands are run locally.
  # Default: serve
  sources = serve

  [acl.deny.branches]

  # Everyone is denied to the frozen branch:
  frozen-branch = *

  # A bad user is denied on all branches:
  * = bad-user

  [acl.allow.branches]

  # A few users are allowed on branch-a:
  branch-a = user-1, user-2, user-3

  # Only one user is allowed on branch-b:
  branch-b = user-1

  # The super user is allowed on any branch:
  * = super-user

  # Everyone is allowed on branch-for-tests:
  branch-for-tests = *

  [acl.deny]
  # This list is checked first. If a match is found, acl.allow is not
  # checked. All users are granted access if acl.deny is not present.
  # Format for both lists: glob pattern = user, ..., @group, ...

  # To match everyone, use an asterisk for the user:
  # my/glob/pattern = *

  # user6 will not have write access to any file:
  ** = user6

  # Group "hg-denied" will not have write access to any file:
  ** = @hg-denied

  # Nobody will be able to change "DONT-TOUCH-THIS.txt", despite
  # everyone being able to change all other files. See below.
  src/main/resources/DONT-TOUCH-THIS.txt = *

  [acl.allow]
  # if acl.allow is not present, all users are allowed by default
  # empty acl.allow = no users allowed

  # User "doc_writer" has write access to any file under the "docs"
  # folder:
  docs/** = doc_writer

  # User "jack" and group "designers" have write access to any file
  # under the "images" folder:
  images/** = jack, @designers

  # Everyone (except for "user6" - see acl.deny above) will have write
  # access to any file under the "resources" folder (except for 1
  # file. See acl.deny):
  src/main/resources/** = *

  .hgtags = release_engineer



bugzilla
""""""""

hooks for integrating with the Bugzilla bug tracker

This hook extension adds comments on bugs in Bugzilla when changesets
that refer to bugs by Bugzilla ID are seen. The hook does not change
bug status.

The hook updates the Bugzilla database directly. Only Bugzilla
installations using MySQL are supported.

The hook relies on a Bugzilla script to send bug change notification
emails. That script changes between Bugzilla versions; the
'processmail' script used prior to 2.18 is replaced in 2.18 and
subsequent versions by 'config/sendbugmail.pl'. Note that these will
be run by Mercurial as the user pushing the change; you will need to
ensure the Bugzilla install file permissions are set appropriately.

The extension is configured through three different configuration
sections. These keys are recognized in the [bugzilla] section:

host
  Hostname of the MySQL server holding the Bugzilla database.

db
  Name of the Bugzilla database in MySQL. Default 'bugs'.

user
  Username to use to access MySQL server. Default 'bugs'.

password
  Password to use to access MySQL server.

timeout
  Database connection timeout (seconds). Default 5.

version
  Bugzilla version. Specify '3.0' for Bugzilla versions 3.0 and later,
  '2.18' for Bugzilla versions from 2.18 and '2.16' for versions prior
  to 2.18.

bzuser
  Fallback Bugzilla user name to record comments with, if changeset
  committer cannot be found as a Bugzilla user.

bzdir
   Bugzilla install directory. Used by default notify. Default
   '/var/www/html/bugzilla'.

notify
  The command to run to get Bugzilla to send bug change notification
  emails. Substitutes from a map with 3 keys, 'bzdir', 'id' (bug id)
  and 'user' (committer bugzilla email). Default depends on version;
  from 2.18 it is "cd %(bzdir)s && perl -T contrib/sendbugmail.pl
  %(id)s %(user)s".

regexp
  Regular expression to match bug IDs in changeset commit message.
  Must contain one "()" group. The default expression matches 'Bug
  1234', 'Bug no. 1234', 'Bug number 1234', 'Bugs 1234,5678', 'Bug
  1234 and 5678' and variations thereof. Matching is case insensitive.

style
  The style file to use when formatting comments.

template
  Template to use when formatting comments. Overrides style if
  specified. In addition to the usual Mercurial keywords, the
  extension specifies::

    {bug}       The Bugzilla bug ID.
    {root}      The full pathname of the Mercurial repository.
    {webroot}   Stripped pathname of the Mercurial repository.
    {hgweb}     Base URL for browsing Mercurial repositories.

  Default 'changeset {node|short} in repo {root} refers '
          'to bug {bug}.\ndetails:\n\t{desc|tabindent}'

strip
  The number of slashes to strip from the front of {root} to produce
  {webroot}. Default 0.

usermap
  Path of file containing Mercurial committer ID to Bugzilla user ID
  mappings. If specified, the file should contain one mapping per
  line, "committer"="Bugzilla user". See also the [usermap] section.

The [usermap] section is used to specify mappings of Mercurial
committer ID to Bugzilla user ID. See also [bugzilla].usermap.
"committer"="Bugzilla user"

Finally, the [web] section supports one entry:

baseurl
  Base URL for browsing Mercurial repositories. Reference from
  templates as {hgweb}.

Activating the extension::

    [extensions]
    bugzilla =

    [hooks]
    # run bugzilla hook on every change pulled or pushed in here
    incoming.bugzilla = python:hgext.bugzilla.hook

Example configuration:

This example configuration is for a collection of Mercurial
repositories in /var/local/hg/repos/ used with a local Bugzilla 3.2
installation in /opt/bugzilla-3.2. ::

    [bugzilla]
    host=localhost
    password=XYZZY
    version=3.0
    bzuser=unknown@domain.com
    bzdir=/opt/bugzilla-3.2
    template=Changeset {node|short} in {root|basename}.
             {hgweb}/{webroot}/rev/{node|short}\n
             {desc}\n
    strip=5

    [web]
    baseurl=http://dev.domain.com/hg

    [usermap]
    user@emaildomain.com=user.name@bugzilladomain.com

Commits add a comment to the Bugzilla bug record of the form::

    Changeset 3b16791d6642 in repository-name.
    http://dev.domain.com/hg/repository-name/rev/3b16791d6642

    Changeset commit comment. Bug 1234.


children
""""""""

command to display child changesets

Commands
........

children
########

::

   hg children [-r REV] [FILE]

Print the children of the working directory's revisions. If a
revision is given via -r/--rev, the children of that revision will
be printed. If a file argument is given, revision in which the
file was last changed (after the working directory revision or the
argument to --rev if given) is printed.

Options:

-r, --rev   show children of the specified revision
--style     display using template map file
--template  display with template

churn
"""""

command to display statistics about repository history

Commands
........

churn
#####

::

   hg churn [-d DATE] [-r REV] [--aliases FILE] [FILE]

This command will display a histogram representing the number
of changed lines or revisions, grouped according to the given
template. The default template will group changes by author.
The --dateformat option may be used to group the results by
date instead.

Statistics are based on the number of changed lines, or
alternatively the number of matching revisions if the
--changesets option is specified.

Examples::

  # display count of changed lines for every committer
  hg churn -t '{author|email}'

  # display daily activity graph
  hg churn -f '%H' -s -c

  # display activity of developers by month
  hg churn -f '%Y-%m' -s -c

  # display count of lines changed in every year
  hg churn -f '%Y' -s

It is possible to map alternate email addresses to a main address
by providing a file using the following format::

  <alias email> = <actual email>

Such a file may be specified with the --aliases option, otherwise
a .hgchurn file will be looked for in the working directory root.

Options:

-r, --rev         count rate for the specified revision or range
-d, --date        count rate for revisions matching date spec
-t, --template    template to group changesets (default: {author|email})
-f, --dateformat  strftime-compatible format for grouping by date
-c, --changesets  count rate by number of changesets
-s, --sort        sort by key (default: sort by count)
--diffstat        display added/removed lines separately
--aliases         file with email aliases
-I, --include     include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude     exclude names matching the given patterns

color
"""""

colorize output from some commands

This extension modifies the status and resolve commands to add color to their
output to reflect file status, the qseries command to add color to reflect
patch status (applied, unapplied, missing), and to diff-related
commands to highlight additions, removals, diff headers, and trailing
whitespace.

Other effects in addition to color, like bold and underlined text, are
also available. Effects are rendered with the ECMA-48 SGR control
function (aka ANSI escape codes).

Default effects may be overridden from your configuration file::

  [color]
  status.modified = blue bold underline red_background
  status.added = green bold
  status.removed = red bold blue_background
  status.deleted = cyan bold underline
  status.unknown = magenta bold underline
  status.ignored = black bold

  # 'none' turns off all effects
  status.clean = none
  status.copied = none

  qseries.applied = blue bold underline
  qseries.unapplied = black bold
  qseries.missing = red bold

  diff.diffline = bold
  diff.extended = cyan bold
  diff.file_a = red bold
  diff.file_b = green bold
  diff.hunk = magenta
  diff.deleted = red
  diff.inserted = green
  diff.changed = white
  diff.trailingwhitespace = bold red_background

  resolve.unresolved = red bold
  resolve.resolved = green bold

  bookmarks.current = green

  branches.active = none
  branches.closed = black bold
  branches.current = green
  branches.inactive = none

The color extension will try to detect whether to use ANSI codes or
Win32 console APIs, unless it is made explicit::

  [color]
  mode = ansi

Any value other than 'ansi', 'win32', or 'auto' will disable color.



convert
"""""""

import revisions from foreign VCS repositories into Mercurial

Commands
........

convert
#######

::

   hg convert [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST [REVMAP]]

Accepted source formats [identifiers]:

- Mercurial [hg]
- CVS [cvs]
- Darcs [darcs]
- git [git]
- Subversion [svn]
- Monotone [mtn]
- GNU Arch [gnuarch]
- Bazaar [bzr]
- Perforce [p4]

Accepted destination formats [identifiers]:

- Mercurial [hg]
- Subversion [svn] (history on branches is not preserved)

If no revision is given, all revisions will be converted.
Otherwise, convert will only import up to the named revision
(given in a format understood by the source).

If no destination directory name is specified, it defaults to the
basename of the source with ``-hg`` appended. If the destination
repository doesn't exist, it will be created.

By default, all sources except Mercurial will use --branchsort.
Mercurial uses --sourcesort to preserve original revision numbers
order. Sort modes have the following effects:

--branchsort  convert from parent to child revision when possible,
              which means branches are usually converted one after
              the other. It generates more compact repositories.

--datesort    sort revisions by date. Converted repositories have
              good-looking changelogs but are often an order of
              magnitude larger than the same ones generated by
              --branchsort.

--sourcesort  try to preserve source revisions order, only
              supported by Mercurial sources.

If ``REVMAP`` isn't given, it will be put in a default location
(``<dest>/.hg/shamap`` by default). The ``REVMAP`` is a simple
text file that maps each source commit ID to the destination ID
for that revision, like so::

  <source ID> <destination ID>

If the file doesn't exist, it's automatically created. It's
updated on each commit copied, so :hg:`convert` can be interrupted
and can be run repeatedly to copy new commits.

The authormap is a simple text file that maps each source commit
author to a destination commit author. It is handy for source SCMs
that use unix logins to identify authors (eg: CVS). One line per
author mapping and the line format is::

  source author = destination author

Empty lines and lines starting with a ``#`` are ignored.

The filemap is a file that allows filtering and remapping of files
and directories. Each line can contain one of the following
directives::

  include path/to/file-or-dir

  exclude path/to/file-or-dir

  rename path/to/source path/to/destination

Comment lines start with ``#``. A specified path matches if it
equals the full relative name of a file or one of its parent
directories. The ``include`` or ``exclude`` directive with the
longest matching path applies, so line order does not matter.

The ``include`` directive causes a file, or all files under a
directory, to be included in the destination repository, and the
exclusion of all other files and directories not explicitly
included. The ``exclude`` directive causes files or directories to
be omitted. The ``rename`` directive renames a file or directory if
it is converted. To rename from a subdirectory into the root of
the repository, use ``.`` as the path to rename to.

The splicemap is a file that allows insertion of synthetic
history, letting you specify the parents of a revision. This is
useful if you want to e.g. give a Subversion merge two parents, or
graft two disconnected series of history together. Each entry
contains a key, followed by a space, followed by one or two
comma-separated values::

  key parent1, parent2

The key is the revision ID in the source
revision control system whose parents should be modified (same
format as a key in .hg/shamap). The values are the revision IDs
(in either the source or destination revision control system) that
should be used as the new parents for that node. For example, if
you have merged "release-1.0" into "trunk", then you should
specify the revision on "trunk" as the first parent and the one on
the "release-1.0" branch as the second.

The branchmap is a file that allows you to rename a branch when it is
being brought in from whatever external repository. When used in
conjunction with a splicemap, it allows for a powerful combination
to help fix even the most badly mismanaged repositories and turn them
into nicely structured Mercurial repositories. The branchmap contains
lines of the form::

  original_branch_name new_branch_name

where "original_branch_name" is the name of the branch in the
source repository, and "new_branch_name" is the name of the branch
is the destination repository. No whitespace is allowed in the
branch names. This can be used to (for instance) move code in one
repository from "default" to a named branch.

Mercurial Source
''''''''''''''''

The Mercurial source recognizes the following configuration
options, which you can set on the command line with ``--config``:

:convert.hg.ignoreerrors: ignore integrity errors when reading.
    Use it to fix Mercurial repositories with missing revlogs, by
    converting from and to Mercurial. Default is False.

:convert.hg.saverev: store original revision ID in changeset
    (forces target IDs to change). It takes and boolean argument
    and defaults to False.

:convert.hg.startrev: convert start revision and its descendants.
    It takes a hg revision identifier and defaults to 0.

CVS Source
''''''''''

CVS source will use a sandbox (i.e. a checked-out copy) from CVS
to indicate the starting point of what will be converted. Direct
access to the repository files is not needed, unless of course the
repository is ``:local:``. The conversion uses the top level
directory in the sandbox to find the CVS repository, and then uses
CVS rlog commands to find files to convert. This means that unless
a filemap is given, all files under the starting directory will be
converted, and that any directory reorganization in the CVS
sandbox is ignored.

The following options can be used with ``--config``:

:convert.cvsps.cache: Set to False to disable remote log caching,
    for testing and debugging purposes. Default is True.

:convert.cvsps.fuzz: Specify the maximum time (in seconds) that is
    allowed between commits with identical user and log message in
    a single changeset. When very large files were checked in as
    part of a changeset then the default may not be long enough.
    The default is 60.

:convert.cvsps.mergeto: Specify a regular expression to which
    commit log messages are matched. If a match occurs, then the
    conversion process will insert a dummy revision merging the
    branch on which this log message occurs to the branch
    indicated in the regex. Default is ``{{mergetobranch
    ([-\w]+)}}``

:convert.cvsps.mergefrom: Specify a regular expression to which
    commit log messages are matched. If a match occurs, then the
    conversion process will add the most recent revision on the
    branch indicated in the regex as the second parent of the
    changeset. Default is ``{{mergefrombranch ([-\w]+)}}``

:hook.cvslog: Specify a Python function to be called at the end of
    gathering the CVS log. The function is passed a list with the
    log entries, and can modify the entries in-place, or add or
    delete them.

:hook.cvschangesets: Specify a Python function to be called after
    the changesets are calculated from the the CVS log. The
    function is passed a list with the changeset entries, and can
    modify the changesets in-place, or add or delete them.

An additional "debugcvsps" Mercurial command allows the builtin
changeset merging code to be run without doing a conversion. Its
parameters and output are similar to that of cvsps 2.1. Please see
the command help for more details.

Subversion Source
'''''''''''''''''

Subversion source detects classical trunk/branches/tags layouts.
By default, the supplied ``svn://repo/path/`` source URL is
converted as a single branch. If ``svn://repo/path/trunk`` exists
it replaces the default branch. If ``svn://repo/path/branches``
exists, its subdirectories are listed as possible branches. If
``svn://repo/path/tags`` exists, it is looked for tags referencing
converted branches. Default ``trunk``, ``branches`` and ``tags``
values can be overridden with following options. Set them to paths
relative to the source URL, or leave them blank to disable auto
detection.

The following options can be set with ``--config``:

:convert.svn.branches: specify the directory containing branches.
    The default is ``branches``.

:convert.svn.tags: specify the directory containing tags. The
    default is ``tags``.

:convert.svn.trunk: specify the name of the trunk branch. The
    default is ``trunk``.

Source history can be retrieved starting at a specific revision,
instead of being integrally converted. Only single branch
conversions are supported.

:convert.svn.startrev: specify start Subversion revision number.
    The default is 0.

Perforce Source
'''''''''''''''

The Perforce (P4) importer can be given a p4 depot path or a
client specification as source. It will convert all files in the
source to a flat Mercurial repository, ignoring labels, branches
and integrations. Note that when a depot path is given you then
usually should specify a target directory, because otherwise the
target may be named ``...-hg``.

It is possible to limit the amount of source history to be
converted by specifying an initial Perforce revision:

:convert.p4.startrev: specify initial Perforce revision (a
    Perforce changelist number).

Mercurial Destination
'''''''''''''''''''''

The following options are supported:

:convert.hg.clonebranches: dispatch source branches in separate
    clones. The default is False.

:convert.hg.tagsbranch: branch name for tag revisions, defaults to
    ``default``.

:convert.hg.usebranchnames: preserve branch names. The default is
    True.

Options:

--authors          username mapping filename (DEPRECATED, use --authormap instead)
-s, --source-type  source repository type
-d, --dest-type    destination repository type
-r, --rev          import up to target revision REV
-A, --authormap    remap usernames using this file
--filemap          remap file names using contents of file
--splicemap        splice synthesized history into place
--branchmap        change branch names while converting
--branchsort       try to sort changesets by branches
--datesort         try to sort changesets by date
--sourcesort       preserve source changesets order

eol
"""

automatically manage newlines in repository files

This extension allows you to manage the type of line endings (CRLF or
LF) that are used in the repository and in the local working
directory. That way you can get CRLF line endings on Windows and LF on
Unix/Mac, thereby letting everybody use their OS native line endings.

The extension reads its configuration from a versioned ``.hgeol``
configuration file found in the root of the working copy. The
``.hgeol`` file use the same syntax as all other Mercurial
configuration files. It uses two sections, ``[patterns]`` and
``[repository]``.

The ``[patterns]`` section specifies how line endings should be
converted between the working copy and the repository. The format is
specified by a file pattern. The first match is used, so put more
specific patterns first. The available line endings are ``LF``,
``CRLF``, and ``BIN``.

Files with the declared format of ``CRLF`` or ``LF`` are always
checked out and stored in the repository in that format and files
declared to be binary (``BIN``) are left unchanged. Additionally,
``native`` is an alias for checking out in the platform's default line
ending: ``LF`` on Unix (including Mac OS X) and ``CRLF`` on
Windows. Note that ``BIN`` (do nothing to line endings) is Mercurial's
default behaviour; it is only needed if you need to override a later,
more general pattern.

The optional ``[repository]`` section specifies the line endings to
use for files stored in the repository. It has a single setting,
``native``, which determines the storage line endings for files
declared as ``native`` in the ``[patterns]`` section. It can be set to
``LF`` or ``CRLF``. The default is ``LF``. For example, this means
that on Windows, files configured as ``native`` (``CRLF`` by default)
will be converted to ``LF`` when stored in the repository. Files
declared as ``LF``, ``CRLF``, or ``BIN`` in the ``[patterns]`` section
are always stored as-is in the repository.

Example versioned ``.hgeol`` file::

  [patterns]
  **.py = native
  **.vcproj = CRLF
  **.txt = native
  Makefile = LF
  **.jpg = BIN

  [repository]
  native = LF

.. note::
   The rules will first apply when files are touched in the working
   copy, e.g. by updating to null and back to tip to touch all files.

The extension uses an optional ``[eol]`` section in your hgrc file
(not the ``.hgeol`` file) for settings that control the overall
behavior. There are two settings:

- ``eol.native`` (default ``os.linesep``) can be set to ``LF`` or
  ``CRLF`` to override the default interpretation of ``native`` for
  checkout. This can be used with :hg:`archive` on Unix, say, to
  generate an archive where files have line endings for Windows.

- ``eol.only-consistent`` (default True) can be set to False to make
  the extension convert files with inconsistent EOLs. Inconsistent
  means that there is both ``CRLF`` and ``LF`` present in the file.
  Such files are normally not touched under the assumption that they
  have mixed EOLs on purpose.

The extension provides ``cleverencode:`` and ``cleverdecode:`` filters
like the deprecated win32text extension does. This means that you can
disable win32text and enable eol and your filters will still work. You
only need to these filters until you have prepared a ``.hgeol`` file.

The ``win32text.forbid*`` hooks provided by the win32text extension
have been unified into a single hook named ``eol.hook``. The hook will
lookup the expected line endings from the ``.hgeol`` file, which means
you must migrate to a ``.hgeol`` file first before using the hook.
Remember to enable the eol extension in the repository where you
install the hook.

See :hg:`help patterns` for more information about the glob patterns
used.


extdiff
"""""""

command to allow external programs to compare revisions

The extdiff Mercurial extension allows you to use external programs
to compare revisions, or revision with working directory. The external
diff programs are called with a configurable set of options and two
non-option arguments: paths to directories containing snapshots of
files to compare.

The extdiff extension also allows to configure new diff commands, so
you do not need to type :hg:`extdiff -p kdiff3` always. ::

  [extdiff]
  # add new command that runs GNU diff(1) in 'context diff' mode
  cdiff = gdiff -Nprc5
  ## or the old way:
  #cmd.cdiff = gdiff
  #opts.cdiff = -Nprc5

  # add new command called vdiff, runs kdiff3
  vdiff = kdiff3

  # add new command called meld, runs meld (no need to name twice)
  meld =

  # add new command called vimdiff, runs gvimdiff with DirDiff plugin
  # (see http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=102) Non
  # English user, be sure to put "let g:DirDiffDynamicDiffText = 1" in
  # your .vimrc
  vimdiff = gvim -f '+next' '+execute "DirDiff" argv(0) argv(1)'

Tool arguments can include variables that are expanded at runtime::

  $parent1, $plabel1 - filename, descriptive label of first parent
  $child,   $clabel  - filename, descriptive label of child revision
  $parent2, $plabel2 - filename, descriptive label of second parent
  $parent is an alias for $parent1.

The extdiff extension will look in your [diff-tools] and [merge-tools]
sections for diff tool arguments, when none are specified in [extdiff].

::

  [extdiff]
  kdiff3 =

  [diff-tools]
  kdiff3.diffargs=--L1 '$plabel1' --L2 '$clabel' $parent $child

You can use -I/-X and list of file or directory names like normal
:hg:`diff` command. The extdiff extension makes snapshots of only
needed files, so running the external diff program will actually be
pretty fast (at least faster than having to compare the entire tree).


Commands
........

extdiff
#######

::

   hg extdiff [OPT]... [FILE]...

Show differences between revisions for the specified files, using
an external program. The default program used is diff, with
default options "-Npru".

To select a different program, use the -p/--program option. The
program will be passed the names of two directories to compare. To
pass additional options to the program, use -o/--option. These
will be passed before the names of the directories to compare.

When two revision arguments are given, then changes are shown
between those revisions. If only one revision is specified then
that revision is compared to the working directory, and, when no
revisions are specified, the working directory files are compared
to its parent.

Options:

-p, --program  comparison program to run
-o, --option   pass option to comparison program
-r, --rev      revision
-c, --change   change made by revision
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

fetch
"""""

pull, update and merge in one command

Commands
........

fetch
#####

::

   hg fetch [SOURCE]

This finds all changes from the repository at the specified path
or URL and adds them to the local repository.

If the pulled changes add a new branch head, the head is
automatically merged, and the result of the merge is committed.
Otherwise, the working directory is updated to include the new
changes.

When a merge occurs, the newly pulled changes are assumed to be
"authoritative". The head of the new changes is used as the first
parent, with local changes as the second. To switch the merge
order, use --switch-parent.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-r, --rev        a specific revision you would like to pull
-e, --edit       edit commit message
--force-editor   edit commit message (DEPRECATED)
--switch-parent  switch parents when merging
-m, --message    use text as commit message
-l, --logfile    read commit message from file
-d, --date       record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user       record the specified user as committer
-e, --ssh        specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd      specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure       do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

gpg
"""

commands to sign and verify changesets

Commands
........

sigcheck
########

::

   hg sigcheck REVISION

verify all the signatures there may be for a particular revision

sign
####

::

   hg sign [OPTION]... [REVISION]...

If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
or tip if no revision is checked out.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

Options:

-l, --local    make the signature local
-f, --force    sign even if the sigfile is modified
--no-commit    do not commit the sigfile after signing
-k, --key      the key id to sign with
-m, --message  commit message
-d, --date     record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user     record the specified user as committer

sigs
####

::

   hg sigs

list signed changesets

graphlog
""""""""

command to view revision graphs from a shell

This extension adds a --graph option to the incoming, outgoing and log
commands. When this options is given, an ASCII representation of the
revision graph is also shown.


Commands
........

glog
####

::

   hg glog [OPTION]... [FILE]

Print a revision history alongside a revision graph drawn with
ASCII characters.

Nodes printed as an @ character are parents of the working
directory.

Options:

-l, --limit  limit number of changes displayed
-p, --patch  show patch
-r, --rev    show the specified revision or range
--style      display using template map file
--template   display with template

hgcia
"""""

hooks for integrating with the CIA.vc notification service

This is meant to be run as a changegroup or incoming hook. To
configure it, set the following options in your hgrc::

  [cia]
  # your registered CIA user name
  user = foo
  # the name of the project in CIA
  project = foo
  # the module (subproject) (optional)
  #module = foo
  # Append a diffstat to the log message (optional)
  #diffstat = False
  # Template to use for log messages (optional)
  #template = {desc}\n{baseurl}/rev/{node}-- {diffstat}
  # Style to use (optional)
  #style = foo
  # The URL of the CIA notification service (optional)
  # You can use mailto: URLs to send by email, eg
  # mailto:cia@cia.vc
  # Make sure to set email.from if you do this.
  #url = http://cia.vc/
  # print message instead of sending it (optional)
  #test = False

  [hooks]
  # one of these:
  changegroup.cia = python:hgcia.hook
  #incoming.cia = python:hgcia.hook

  [web]
  # If you want hyperlinks (optional)
  baseurl = http://server/path/to/repo


hgk
"""

browse the repository in a graphical way

The hgk extension allows browsing the history of a repository in a
graphical way. It requires Tcl/Tk version 8.4 or later. (Tcl/Tk is not
distributed with Mercurial.)

hgk consists of two parts: a Tcl script that does the displaying and
querying of information, and an extension to Mercurial named hgk.py,
which provides hooks for hgk to get information. hgk can be found in
the contrib directory, and the extension is shipped in the hgext
repository, and needs to be enabled.

The :hg:`view` command will launch the hgk Tcl script. For this command
to work, hgk must be in your search path. Alternately, you can specify
the path to hgk in your configuration file::

  [hgk]
  path=/location/of/hgk

hgk can make use of the extdiff extension to visualize revisions.
Assuming you had already configured extdiff vdiff command, just add::

  [hgk]
  vdiff=vdiff

Revisions context menu will now display additional entries to fire
vdiff on hovered and selected revisions.


Commands
........

view
####

::

   hg view [-l LIMIT] [REVRANGE]

start interactive history viewer

Options:

-l, --limit  limit number of changes displayed

highlight
"""""""""

syntax highlighting for hgweb (requires Pygments)

It depends on the Pygments syntax highlighting library:
http://pygments.org/

There is a single configuration option::

  [web]
  pygments_style = <style>

The default is 'colorful'.


inotify
"""""""

accelerate status report using Linux's inotify service

Commands
........

inserve
#######

::

   hg inserve [OPTION]...

start an inotify server for this repository

Options:

-d, --daemon        run server in background
--daemon-pipefds    used internally by daemon mode
-t, --idle-timeout  minutes to sit idle before exiting
--pid-file          name of file to write process ID to

interhg
"""""""

expand expressions into changelog and summaries

This extension allows the use of a special syntax in summaries, which
will be automatically expanded into links or any other arbitrary
expression, much like InterWiki does.

A few example patterns (link to bug tracking, etc.) that may be used
in your hgrc::

  [interhg]
  issues = s!issue(\d+)!<a href="http://bts/issue\1">issue\1</a>!
  bugzilla = s!((?:bug|b=|(?=#?\d{4,}))(?:\s*#?)(\d+))!<a..=\2">\1</a>!i
  boldify = s!(^|\s)#(\d+)\b! <b>#\2</b>!


keyword
"""""""

expand keywords in tracked files

This extension expands RCS/CVS-like or self-customized $Keywords$ in
tracked text files selected by your configuration.

Keywords are only expanded in local repositories and not stored in the
change history. The mechanism can be regarded as a convenience for the
current user or for archive distribution.

Keywords expand to the changeset data pertaining to the latest change
relative to the working directory parent of each file.

Configuration is done in the [keyword], [keywordset] and [keywordmaps]
sections of hgrc files.

Example::

    [keyword]
    # expand keywords in every python file except those matching "x*"
    **.py =
    x*    = ignore

    [keywordset]
    # prefer svn- over cvs-like default keywordmaps
    svn = True

.. note::
   The more specific you are in your filename patterns the less you
   lose speed in huge repositories.

For [keywordmaps] template mapping and expansion demonstration and
control run :hg:`kwdemo`. See :hg:`help templates` for a list of
available templates and filters.

Three additional date template filters are provided::

    utcdate      "2006/09/18 15:13:13"
    svnutcdate   "2006-09-18 15:13:13Z"
    svnisodate   "2006-09-18 08:13:13 -700 (Mon, 18 Sep 2006)"

The default template mappings (view with :hg:`kwdemo -d`) can be
replaced with customized keywords and templates. Again, run
:hg:`kwdemo` to control the results of your configuration changes.

Before changing/disabling active keywords, you must run :hg:`kwshrink`
to avoid storing expanded keywords in the change history.

To force expansion after enabling it, or a configuration change, run
:hg:`kwexpand`.

Expansions spanning more than one line and incremental expansions,
like CVS' $Log$, are not supported. A keyword template map "Log =
{desc}" expands to the first line of the changeset description.


Commands
........

kwdemo
######

::

   hg kwdemo [-d] [-f RCFILE] [TEMPLATEMAP]...

Show current, custom, or default keyword template maps and their
expansions.

Extend the current configuration by specifying maps as arguments
and using -f/--rcfile to source an external hgrc file.

Use -d/--default to disable current configuration.

See :hg:`help templates` for information on templates and filters.

Options:

-d, --default  show default keyword template maps
-f, --rcfile   read maps from rcfile

kwexpand
########

::

   hg kwexpand [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Run after (re)enabling keyword expansion.

kwexpand refuses to run if given files contain local changes.

Options:

-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

kwfiles
#######

::

   hg kwfiles [OPTION]... [FILE]...

List which files in the working directory are matched by the
[keyword] configuration patterns.

Useful to prevent inadvertent keyword expansion and to speed up
execution by including only files that are actual candidates for
expansion.

See :hg:`help keyword` on how to construct patterns both for
inclusion and exclusion of files.

With -A/--all and -v/--verbose the codes used to show the status
of files are::

  K = keyword expansion candidate
  k = keyword expansion candidate (not tracked)
  I = ignored
  i = ignored (not tracked)

Options:

-A, --all      show keyword status flags of all files
-i, --ignore   show files excluded from expansion
-u, --unknown  only show unknown (not tracked) files
-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

kwshrink
########

::

   hg kwshrink [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Must be run before changing/disabling active keywords.

kwshrink refuses to run if given files contain local changes.

Options:

-I, --include  include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude  exclude names matching the given patterns

mq
""

manage a stack of patches

This extension lets you work with a stack of patches in a Mercurial
repository. It manages two stacks of patches - all known patches, and
applied patches (subset of known patches).

Known patches are represented as patch files in the .hg/patches
directory. Applied patches are both patch files and changesets.

Common tasks (use :hg:`help command` for more details)::

  create new patch                          qnew
  import existing patch                     qimport

  print patch series                        qseries
  print applied patches                     qapplied

  add known patch to applied stack          qpush
  remove patch from applied stack           qpop
  refresh contents of top applied patch     qrefresh

By default, mq will automatically use git patches when required to
avoid losing file mode changes, copy records, binary files or empty
files creations or deletions. This behaviour can be configured with::

  [mq]
  git = auto/keep/yes/no

If set to 'keep', mq will obey the [diff] section configuration while
preserving existing git patches upon qrefresh. If set to 'yes' or
'no', mq will override the [diff] section and always generate git or
regular patches, possibly losing data in the second case.

You will by default be managing a patch queue named "patches". You can
create other, independent patch queues with the :hg:`qqueue` command.


Commands
........

qapplied
########

::

   hg qapplied [-1] [-s] [PATCH]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-1, --last     show only the last patch
-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

qclone
######

::

   hg qclone [OPTION]... SOURCE [DEST]

If source is local, destination will have no patches applied. If
source is remote, this command can not check if patches are
applied in source, so cannot guarantee that patches are not
applied in destination. If you clone remote repository, be sure
before that it has no patches applied.

Source patch repository is looked for in <src>/.hg/patches by
default. Use -p <url> to change.

The patch directory must be a nested Mercurial repository, as
would be created by :hg:`init --mq`.

Return 0 on success.

Options:

--pull          use pull protocol to copy metadata
-U, --noupdate  do not update the new working directories
--uncompressed  use uncompressed transfer (fast over LAN)
-p, --patches   location of source patch repository
-e, --ssh       specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd     specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure      do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

qcommit
#######

::

   hg qcommit [OPTION]... [FILE]...

This command is deprecated; use :hg:`commit --mq` instead.

Options:

-A, --addremove  mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing
--close-branch   mark a branch as closed, hiding it from the branch list
-I, --include    include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message    use text as commit message
-l, --logfile    read commit message from file
-d, --date       record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user       record the specified user as committer

    aliases: qci

qdelete
#######

::

   hg qdelete [-k] [PATCH]...

The patches must not be applied, and at least one patch is required. With
-k/--keep, the patch files are preserved in the patch directory.

To stop managing a patch and move it into permanent history,
use the :hg:`qfinish` command.

Options:

-k, --keep  keep patch file
-r, --rev   stop managing a revision (DEPRECATED)

    aliases: qremove qrm

qdiff
#####

::

   hg qdiff [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Shows a diff which includes the current patch as well as any
changes which have been made in the working directory since the
last refresh (thus showing what the current patch would become
after a qrefresh).

Use :hg:`diff` if you only want to see the changes made since the
last qrefresh, or :hg:`export qtip` if you want to see changes
made by the current patch without including changes made since the
qrefresh.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-a, --text                 treat all files as text
-g, --git                  use git extended diff format
--nodates                  omit dates from diff headers
-p, --show-function        show which function each change is in
--reverse                  produce a diff that undoes the changes
-w, --ignore-all-space     ignore white space when comparing lines
-b, --ignore-space-change  ignore changes in the amount of white space
-B, --ignore-blank-lines   ignore changes whose lines are all blank
-U, --unified              number of lines of context to show
--stat                     output diffstat-style summary of changes
-I, --include              include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude              exclude names matching the given patterns

qfinish
#######

::

   hg qfinish [-a] [REV]...

Finishes the specified revisions (corresponding to applied
patches) by moving them out of mq control into regular repository
history.

Accepts a revision range or the -a/--applied option. If --applied
is specified, all applied mq revisions are removed from mq
control. Otherwise, the given revisions must be at the base of the
stack of applied patches.

This can be especially useful if your changes have been applied to
an upstream repository, or if you are about to push your changes
to upstream.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-a, --applied  finish all applied changesets

qfold
#####

::

   hg qfold [-e] [-k] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] PATCH...

Patches must not yet be applied. Each patch will be successively
applied to the current patch in the order given. If all the
patches apply successfully, the current patch will be refreshed
with the new cumulative patch, and the folded patches will be
deleted. With -k/--keep, the folded patch files will not be
removed afterwards.

The header for each folded patch will be concatenated with the
current patch header, separated by a line of ``* * *``.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-e, --edit     edit patch header
-k, --keep     keep folded patch files
-m, --message  use text as commit message
-l, --logfile  read commit message from file

qgoto
#####

::

   hg qgoto [OPTION]... PATCH

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --force  overwrite any local changes

qguard
######

::

   hg qguard [-l] [-n] [PATCH] [-- [+GUARD]... [-GUARD]...]

Guards control whether a patch can be pushed. A patch with no
guards is always pushed. A patch with a positive guard ("+foo") is
pushed only if the :hg:`qselect` command has activated it. A patch with
a negative guard ("-foo") is never pushed if the :hg:`qselect` command
has activated it.

With no arguments, print the currently active guards.
With arguments, set guards for the named patch.

.. note::
   Specifying negative guards now requires '--'.

To set guards on another patch::

  hg qguard other.patch -- +2.6.17 -stable

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-l, --list  list all patches and guards
-n, --none  drop all guards

qheader
#######

::

   hg qheader [PATCH]

Returns 0 on success.

qimport
#######

::

   hg qimport [-e] [-n NAME] [-f] [-g] [-P] [-r REV]... FILE...

The patch is inserted into the series after the last applied
patch. If no patches have been applied, qimport prepends the patch
to the series.

The patch will have the same name as its source file unless you
give it a new one with -n/--name.

You can register an existing patch inside the patch directory with
the -e/--existing flag.

With -f/--force, an existing patch of the same name will be
overwritten.

An existing changeset may be placed under mq control with -r/--rev
(e.g. qimport --rev tip -n patch will place tip under mq control).
With -g/--git, patches imported with --rev will use the git diff
format. See the diffs help topic for information on why this is
important for preserving rename/copy information and permission
changes.

To import a patch from standard input, pass - as the patch file.
When importing from standard input, a patch name must be specified
using the --name flag.

To import an existing patch while renaming it::

  hg qimport -e existing-patch -n new-name

Returns 0 if import succeeded.

Options:

-e, --existing  import file in patch directory
-n, --name      name of patch file
-f, --force     overwrite existing files
-r, --rev       place existing revisions under mq control
-g, --git       use git extended diff format
-P, --push      qpush after importing

qinit
#####

::

   hg qinit [-c]

The queue repository is unversioned by default. If
-c/--create-repo is specified, qinit will create a separate nested
repository for patches (qinit -c may also be run later to convert
an unversioned patch repository into a versioned one). You can use
qcommit to commit changes to this queue repository.

This command is deprecated. Without -c, it's implied by other relevant
commands. With -c, use :hg:`init --mq` instead.

Options:

-c, --create-repo  create queue repository

qnew
####

::

   hg qnew [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] PATCH [FILE]...

qnew creates a new patch on top of the currently-applied patch (if
any). The patch will be initialized with any outstanding changes
in the working directory. You may also use -I/--include,
-X/--exclude, and/or a list of files after the patch name to add
only changes to matching files to the new patch, leaving the rest
as uncommitted modifications.

-u/--user and -d/--date can be used to set the (given) user and
date, respectively. -U/--currentuser and -D/--currentdate set user
to current user and date to current date.

-e/--edit, -m/--message or -l/--logfile set the patch header as
well as the commit message. If none is specified, the header is
empty and the commit message is '[mq]: PATCH'.

Use the -g/--git option to keep the patch in the git extended diff
format. Read the diffs help topic for more information on why this
is important for preserving permission changes and copy/rename
information.

Returns 0 on successful creation of a new patch.

Options:

-e, --edit         edit commit message
-f, --force        import uncommitted changes (DEPRECATED)
-g, --git          use git extended diff format
-U, --currentuser  add "From: <current user>" to patch
-u, --user         add "From: <USER>" to patch
-D, --currentdate  add "Date: <current date>" to patch
-d, --date         add "Date: <DATE>" to patch
-I, --include      include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude      exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message      use text as commit message
-l, --logfile      read commit message from file

qnext
#####

::

   hg qnext [-s]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

qpop
####

::

   hg qpop [-a] [-f] [PATCH | INDEX]

By default, pops off the top of the patch stack. If given a patch
name, keeps popping off patches until the named patch is at the
top of the stack.

Return 0 on success.

Options:

-a, --all    pop all patches
-n, --name   queue name to pop (DEPRECATED)
-f, --force  forget any local changes to patched files

qprev
#####

::

   hg qprev [-s]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

qpush
#####

::

   hg qpush [-f] [-l] [-a] [--move] [PATCH | INDEX]

When -f/--force is applied, all local changes in patched files
will be lost.

Return 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --force  apply on top of local changes
-e, --exact  apply the target patch to its recorded parent
-l, --list   list patch name in commit text
-a, --all    apply all patches
-m, --merge  merge from another queue (DEPRECATED)
-n, --name   merge queue name (DEPRECATED)
--move       reorder patch series and apply only the patch

qqueue
######

::

   hg qqueue [OPTION] [QUEUE]

Supports switching between different patch queues, as well as creating
new patch queues and deleting existing ones.

Omitting a queue name or specifying -l/--list will show you the registered
queues - by default the "normal" patches queue is registered. The currently
active queue will be marked with "(active)".

To create a new queue, use -c/--create. The queue is automatically made
active, except in the case where there are applied patches from the
currently active queue in the repository. Then the queue will only be
created and switching will fail.

To delete an existing queue, use --delete. You cannot delete the currently
active queue.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-l, --list    list all available queues
-c, --create  create new queue
--rename      rename active queue
--delete      delete reference to queue
--purge       delete queue, and remove patch dir

qrefresh
########

::

   hg qrefresh [-I] [-X] [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-s] [FILE]...

If any file patterns are provided, the refreshed patch will
contain only the modifications that match those patterns; the
remaining modifications will remain in the working directory.

If -s/--short is specified, files currently included in the patch
will be refreshed just like matched files and remain in the patch.

If -e/--edit is specified, Mercurial will start your configured editor for
you to enter a message. In case qrefresh fails, you will find a backup of
your message in ``.hg/last-message.txt``.

hg add/remove/copy/rename work as usual, though you might want to
use git-style patches (-g/--git or [diff] git=1) to track copies
and renames. See the diffs help topic for more information on the
git diff format.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-e, --edit         edit commit message
-g, --git          use git extended diff format
-s, --short        refresh only files already in the patch and specified files
-U, --currentuser  add/update author field in patch with current user
-u, --user         add/update author field in patch with given user
-D, --currentdate  add/update date field in patch with current date
-d, --date         add/update date field in patch with given date
-I, --include      include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude      exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message      use text as commit message
-l, --logfile      read commit message from file

qrename
#######

::

   hg qrename PATCH1 [PATCH2]

With one argument, renames the current patch to PATCH1.
With two arguments, renames PATCH1 to PATCH2.

Returns 0 on success.

    aliases: qmv

qrestore
########

::

   hg qrestore [-d] [-u] REV

This command is deprecated, use :hg:`rebase` instead.

Options:

-d, --delete  delete save entry
-u, --update  update queue working directory

qsave
#####

::

   hg qsave [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-c] [-n NAME] [-e] [-f]

This command is deprecated, use :hg:`rebase` instead.

Options:

-c, --copy     copy patch directory
-n, --name     copy directory name
-e, --empty    clear queue status file
-f, --force    force copy
-m, --message  use text as commit message
-l, --logfile  read commit message from file

qselect
#######

::

   hg qselect [OPTION]... [GUARD]...

Use the :hg:`qguard` command to set or print guards on patch, then use
qselect to tell mq which guards to use. A patch will be pushed if
it has no guards or any positive guards match the currently
selected guard, but will not be pushed if any negative guards
match the current guard. For example::

    qguard foo.patch -- -stable    (negative guard)
    qguard bar.patch    +stable    (positive guard)
    qselect stable

This activates the "stable" guard. mq will skip foo.patch (because
it has a negative match) but push bar.patch (because it has a
positive match).

With no arguments, prints the currently active guards.
With one argument, sets the active guard.

Use -n/--none to deactivate guards (no other arguments needed).
When no guards are active, patches with positive guards are
skipped and patches with negative guards are pushed.

qselect can change the guards on applied patches. It does not pop
guarded patches by default. Use --pop to pop back to the last
applied patch that is not guarded. Use --reapply (which implies
--pop) to push back to the current patch afterwards, but skip
guarded patches.

Use -s/--series to print a list of all guards in the series file
(no other arguments needed). Use -v for more information.

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-n, --none    disable all guards
-s, --series  list all guards in series file
--pop         pop to before first guarded applied patch
--reapply     pop, then reapply patches

qseries
#######

::

   hg qseries [-ms]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-m, --missing  print patches not in series
-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

qtop
####

::

   hg qtop [-s]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

qunapplied
##########

::

   hg qunapplied [-1] [-s] [PATCH]

Returns 0 on success.

Options:

-1, --first    show only the first patch
-s, --summary  print first line of patch header

strip
#####

::

   hg strip [-k] [-f] [-n] REV...

The strip command removes the specified changesets and all their
descendants. If the working directory has uncommitted changes, the
operation is aborted unless the --force flag is supplied, in which
case changes will be discarded.

If a parent of the working directory is stripped, then the working
directory will automatically be updated to the most recent
available ancestor of the stripped parent after the operation
completes.

Any stripped changesets are stored in ``.hg/strip-backup`` as a
bundle (see :hg:`help bundle` and :hg:`help unbundle`). They can
be restored by running :hg:`unbundle .hg/strip-backup/BUNDLE`,
where BUNDLE is the bundle file created by the strip. Note that
the local revision numbers will in general be different after the
restore.

Use the --no-backup option to discard the backup bundle once the
operation completes.

Return 0 on success.

Options:

-f, --force      force removal of changesets, discard uncommitted changes (no backup)
-b, --backup     bundle only changesets with local revision number greater than REV which are not descendants of REV (DEPRECATED)
-n, --no-backup  no backups
--nobackup       no backups (DEPRECATED)
-k, --keep       do not modify working copy during strip

notify
""""""

hooks for sending email notifications at commit/push time

Subscriptions can be managed through a hgrc file. Default mode is to
print messages to stdout, for testing and configuring.

To use, configure the notify extension and enable it in hgrc like
this::

  [extensions]
  notify =

  [hooks]
  # one email for each incoming changeset
  incoming.notify = python:hgext.notify.hook
  # batch emails when many changesets incoming at one time
  changegroup.notify = python:hgext.notify.hook

  [notify]
  # config items go here

Required configuration items::

  config = /path/to/file # file containing subscriptions

Optional configuration items::

  test = True            # print messages to stdout for testing
  strip = 3              # number of slashes to strip for url paths
  domain = example.com   # domain to use if committer missing domain
  style = ...            # style file to use when formatting email
  template = ...         # template to use when formatting email
  incoming = ...         # template to use when run as incoming hook
  changegroup = ...      # template when run as changegroup hook
  maxdiff = 300          # max lines of diffs to include (0=none, -1=all)
  maxsubject = 67        # truncate subject line longer than this
  diffstat = True        # add a diffstat before the diff content
  sources = serve        # notify if source of incoming changes in this list
                         # (serve == ssh or http, push, pull, bundle)
  merge = False          # send notification for merges (default True)
  [email]
  from = user@host.com   # email address to send as if none given
  [web]
  baseurl = http://hgserver/... # root of hg web site for browsing commits

The notify config file has same format as a regular hgrc file. It has
two sections so you can express subscriptions in whatever way is
handier for you.

::

  [usersubs]
  # key is subscriber email, value is ","-separated list of glob patterns
  user@host = pattern

  [reposubs]
  # key is glob pattern, value is ","-separated list of subscriber emails
  pattern = user@host

Glob patterns are matched against path to repository root.

If you like, you can put notify config file in repository that users
can push changes to, they can manage their own subscriptions.


pager
"""""

browse command output with an external pager

To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable::

  [pager]
  pager = less -FRSX

If no pager is set, the pager extensions uses the environment variable
$PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, no pager is used.

If you notice "BROKEN PIPE" error messages, you can disable them by
setting::

  [pager]
  quiet = True

You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the
pager.ignore list::

  [pager]
  ignore = version, help, update

You can also enable the pager only for certain commands using
pager.attend. Below is the default list of commands to be paged::

  [pager]
  attend = annotate, cat, diff, export, glog, log, qdiff

Setting pager.attend to an empty value will cause all commands to be
paged.

If pager.attend is present, pager.ignore will be ignored.

To ignore global commands like :hg:`version` or :hg:`help`, you have
to specify them in your user configuration file.

The --pager=... option can also be used to control when the pager is
used. Use a boolean value like yes, no, on, off, or use auto for
normal behavior.


parentrevspec
"""""""""""""

interpret suffixes to refer to ancestor revisions

This extension allows you to use git-style suffixes to refer to the
ancestors of a specific revision.

For example, if you can refer to a revision as "foo", then::

  foo^N = Nth parent of foo
  foo^0 = foo
  foo^1 = first parent of foo
  foo^2 = second parent of foo
  foo^  = foo^1

  foo~N = Nth first grandparent of foo
  foo~0 = foo
  foo~1 = foo^1 = foo^ = first parent of foo
  foo~2 = foo^1^1 = foo^^ = first parent of first parent of foo


patchbomb
"""""""""

command to send changesets as (a series of) patch emails

The series is started off with a "[PATCH 0 of N]" introduction, which
describes the series as a whole.

Each patch email has a Subject line of "[PATCH M of N] ...", using the
first line of the changeset description as the subject text. The
message contains two or three body parts:

- The changeset description.
- [Optional] The result of running diffstat on the patch.
- The patch itself, as generated by :hg:`export`.

Each message refers to the first in the series using the In-Reply-To
and References headers, so they will show up as a sequence in threaded
mail and news readers, and in mail archives.

To configure other defaults, add a section like this to your
configuration file::

  [email]
  from = My Name <my@email>
  to = recipient1, recipient2, ...
  cc = cc1, cc2, ...
  bcc = bcc1, bcc2, ...
  reply-to = address1, address2, ...

Use ``[patchbomb]`` as configuration section name if you need to
override global ``[email]`` address settings.

Then you can use the :hg:`email` command to mail a series of
changesets as a patchbomb.

You can also either configure the method option in the email section
to be a sendmail compatible mailer or fill out the [smtp] section so
that the patchbomb extension can automatically send patchbombs
directly from the commandline. See the [email] and [smtp] sections in
hgrc(5) for details.


Commands
........

email
#####

::

   hg email [OPTION]... [DEST]...

By default, diffs are sent in the format generated by
:hg:`export`, one per message. The series starts with a "[PATCH 0
of N]" introduction, which describes the series as a whole.

Each patch email has a Subject line of "[PATCH M of N] ...", using
the first line of the changeset description as the subject text.
The message contains two or three parts. First, the changeset
description.

With the -d/--diffstat option, if the diffstat program is
installed, the result of running diffstat on the patch is inserted.

Finally, the patch itself, as generated by :hg:`export`.

With the -d/--diffstat or -c/--confirm options, you will be presented
with a final summary of all messages and asked for confirmation before
the messages are sent.

By default the patch is included as text in the email body for
easy reviewing. Using the -a/--attach option will instead create
an attachment for the patch. With -i/--inline an inline attachment
will be created.

With -o/--outgoing, emails will be generated for patches not found
in the destination repository (or only those which are ancestors
of the specified revisions if any are provided)

With -b/--bundle, changesets are selected as for --outgoing, but a
single email containing a binary Mercurial bundle as an attachment
will be sent.

With -m/--mbox, instead of previewing each patchbomb message in a
pager or sending the messages directly, it will create a UNIX
mailbox file with the patch emails. This mailbox file can be
previewed with any mail user agent which supports UNIX mbox
files.

With -n/--test, all steps will run, but mail will not be sent.
You will be prompted for an email recipient address, a subject and
an introductory message describing the patches of your patchbomb.
Then when all is done, patchbomb messages are displayed. If the
PAGER environment variable is set, your pager will be fired up once
for each patchbomb message, so you can verify everything is alright.

In case email sending fails, you will find a backup of your series
introductory message in ``.hg/last-email.txt``.

Examples::

  hg email -r 3000          # send patch 3000 only
  hg email -r 3000 -r 3001  # send patches 3000 and 3001
  hg email -r 3000:3005     # send patches 3000 through 3005
  hg email 3000             # send patch 3000 (deprecated)

  hg email -o               # send all patches not in default
  hg email -o DEST          # send all patches not in DEST
  hg email -o -r 3000       # send all ancestors of 3000 not in default
  hg email -o -r 3000 DEST  # send all ancestors of 3000 not in DEST

  hg email -b               # send bundle of all patches not in default
  hg email -b DEST          # send bundle of all patches not in DEST
  hg email -b -r 3000       # bundle of all ancestors of 3000 not in default
  hg email -b -r 3000 DEST  # bundle of all ancestors of 3000 not in DEST

  hg email -o -m mbox &&    # generate an mbox file...
    mutt -R -f mbox         # ... and view it with mutt
  hg email -o -m mbox &&    # generate an mbox file ...
    formail -s sendmail \   # ... and use formail to send from the mbox
      -bm -t < mbox         # ... using sendmail

Before using this command, you will need to enable email in your
hgrc. See the [email] section in hgrc(5) for details.

Options:

-g, --git       use git extended diff format
--plain         omit hg patch header
-o, --outgoing  send changes not found in the target repository
-b, --bundle    send changes not in target as a binary bundle
--bundlename    name of the bundle attachment file (default: bundle)
-r, --rev       a revision to send
--force         run even when remote repository is unrelated (with -b/--bundle)
--base          a base changeset to specify instead of a destination (with -b/--bundle)
--intro         send an introduction email for a single patch
-a, --attach    send patches as attachments
-i, --inline    send patches as inline attachments
--bcc           email addresses of blind carbon copy recipients
-c, --cc        email addresses of copy recipients
--confirm       ask for confirmation before sending
-d, --diffstat  add diffstat output to messages
--date          use the given date as the sending date
--desc          use the given file as the series description
-f, --from      email address of sender
-n, --test      print messages that would be sent
-m, --mbox      write messages to mbox file instead of sending them
--reply-to      email addresses replies should be sent to
-s, --subject   subject of first message (intro or single patch)
--in-reply-to   message identifier to reply to
--flag          flags to add in subject prefixes
-t, --to        email addresses of recipients
-e, --ssh       specify ssh command to use
--remotecmd     specify hg command to run on the remote side
--insecure      do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)

progress
""""""""

show progress bars for some actions

This extension uses the progress information logged by hg commands
to draw progress bars that are as informative as possible. Some progress
bars only offer indeterminate information, while others have a definite
end point.

The following settings are available::

  [progress]
  delay = 3 # number of seconds (float) before showing the progress bar
  refresh = 0.1 # time in seconds between refreshes of the progress bar
  format = topic bar number estimate # format of the progress bar
  width = <none> # if set, the maximum width of the progress information
                 # (that is, min(width, term width) will be used)
  clear-complete = True # clear the progress bar after it's done
  disable = False # if true, don't show a progress bar
  assume-tty = False # if true, ALWAYS show a progress bar, unless
                     # disable is given

Valid entries for the format field are topic, bar, number, unit,
estimate, and item. item defaults to the last 20 characters of the
item, but this can be changed by adding either ``-<num>`` which would
take the last num characters, or ``+<num>`` for the first num
characters.


purge
"""""

command to delete untracked files from the working directory

Commands
........

purge
#####

::

   hg purge [OPTION]... [DIR]...

Delete files not known to Mercurial. This is useful to test local
and uncommitted changes in an otherwise-clean source tree.

This means that purge will delete:

- Unknown files: files marked with "?" by :hg:`status`
- Empty directories: in fact Mercurial ignores directories unless
  they contain files under source control management

But it will leave untouched:

- Modified and unmodified tracked files
- Ignored files (unless --all is specified)
- New files added to the repository (with :hg:`add`)

If directories are given on the command line, only files in these
directories are considered.

Be careful with purge, as you could irreversibly delete some files
you forgot to add to the repository. If you only want to print the
list of files that this program would delete, use the --print
option.

Options:

-a, --abort-on-err  abort if an error occurs
--all               purge ignored files too
-p, --print         print filenames instead of deleting them
-0, --print0        end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs (implies -p/--print)
-I, --include       include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude       exclude names matching the given patterns

    aliases: clean

rebase
""""""

command to move sets of revisions to a different ancestor

This extension lets you rebase changesets in an existing Mercurial
repository.

For more information:
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/RebaseExtension


Commands
........

rebase
######

::

   hg rebase [-s REV | -b REV] [-d REV] [options]
   hg rebase {-a|-c}

Rebase uses repeated merging to graft changesets from one part of
history (the source) onto another (the destination). This can be
useful for linearizing *local* changes relative to a master
development tree.

You should not rebase changesets that have already been shared
with others. Doing so will force everybody else to perform the
same rebase or they will end up with duplicated changesets after
pulling in your rebased changesets.

If you don't specify a destination changeset (``-d/--dest``),
rebase uses the tipmost head of the current named branch as the
destination. (The destination changeset is not modified by
rebasing, but new changesets are added as its descendants.)

You can specify which changesets to rebase in two ways: as a
"source" changeset or as a "base" changeset. Both are shorthand
for a topologically related set of changesets (the "source
branch"). If you specify source (``-s/--source``), rebase will
rebase that changeset and all of its descendants onto dest. If you
specify base (``-b/--base``), rebase will select ancestors of base
back to but not including the common ancestor with dest. Thus,
``-b`` is less precise but more convenient than ``-s``: you can
specify any changeset in the source branch, and rebase will select
the whole branch. If you specify neither ``-s`` nor ``-b``, rebase
uses the parent of the working directory as the base.

By default, rebase recreates the changesets in the source branch
as descendants of dest and then destroys the originals. Use
``--keep`` to preserve the original source changesets. Some
changesets in the source branch (e.g. merges from the destination
branch) may be dropped if they no longer contribute any change.

One result of the rules for selecting the destination changeset
and source branch is that, unlike ``merge``, rebase will do
nothing if you are at the latest (tipmost) head of a named branch
with two heads. You need to explicitly specify source and/or
destination (or ``update`` to the other head, if it's the head of
the intended source branch).

If a rebase is interrupted to manually resolve a merge, it can be
continued with --continue/-c or aborted with --abort/-a.

Returns 0 on success, 1 if nothing to rebase.

Options:

-s, --source    rebase from the specified changeset
-b, --base      rebase from the base of the specified changeset (up to greatest common ancestor of base and dest)
-d, --dest      rebase onto the specified changeset
--collapse      collapse the rebased changesets
--keep          keep original changesets
--keepbranches  keep original branch names
--detach        force detaching of source from its original branch
-c, --continue  continue an interrupted rebase
-a, --abort     abort an interrupted rebase
--style         display using template map file
--template      display with template

record
""""""

commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh

Commands
........

record
######

::

   hg record [OPTION]... [FILE]...

If a list of files is omitted, all changes reported by :hg:`status`
will be candidates for recording.

See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.

You will be prompted for whether to record changes to each
modified file, and for files with multiple changes, for each
change to use. For each query, the following responses are
possible::

  y - record this change
  n - skip this change

  s - skip remaining changes to this file
  f - record remaining changes to this file

  d - done, skip remaining changes and files
  a - record all changes to all remaining files
  q - quit, recording no changes

  ? - display help

This command is not available when committing a merge.

Options:

-A, --addremove  mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing
--close-branch   mark a branch as closed, hiding it from the branch list
-I, --include    include names matching the given patterns
-X, --exclude    exclude names matching the given patterns
-m, --message    use text as commit message
-l, --logfile    read commit message from file
-d, --date       record the specified date as commit date
-u, --user       record the specified user as committer

relink
""""""

recreates hardlinks between repository clones

Commands
........

relink
######

::

   hg relink [ORIGIN]

When repositories are cloned locally, their data files will be
hardlinked so that they only use the space of a single repository.

Unfortunately, subsequent pulls into either repository will break
hardlinks for any files touched by the new changesets, even if
both repositories end up pulling the same changes.

Similarly, passing --rev to "hg clone" will fail to use any
hardlinks, falling back to a complete copy of the source
repository.

This command lets you recreate those hardlinks and reclaim that
wasted space.

This repository will be relinked to share space with ORIGIN, which
must be on the same local disk. If ORIGIN is omitted, looks for
"default-relink", then "default", in [paths].

Do not attempt any read operations on this repository while the
command is running. (Both repositories will be locked against
writes.)

schemes
"""""""

extend schemes with shortcuts to repository swarms

This extension allows you to specify shortcuts for parent URLs with a
lot of repositories to act like a scheme, for example::

  [schemes]
  py = http://code.python.org/hg/

After that you can use it like::

  hg clone py://trunk/

Additionally there is support for some more complex schemas, for
example used by Google Code::

  [schemes]
  gcode = http://{1}.googlecode.com/hg/

The syntax is taken from Mercurial templates, and you have unlimited
number of variables, starting with ``{1}`` and continuing with
``{2}``, ``{3}`` and so on. This variables will receive parts of URL
supplied, split by ``/``. Anything not specified as ``{part}`` will be
just appended to an URL.

For convenience, the extension adds these schemes by default::

  [schemes]
  py = http://hg.python.org/
  bb = https://bitbucket.org/
  bb+ssh = ssh://hg@bitbucket.org/
  gcode = https://{1}.googlecode.com/hg/
  kiln = https://{1}.kilnhg.com/Repo/

You can override a predefined scheme by defining a new scheme with the
same name.


share
"""""

share a common history between several working directories

Commands
........

share
#####

::

   hg share [-U] SOURCE [DEST]

Initialize a new repository and working directory that shares its
history with another repository.

.. note::
   using rollback or extensions that destroy/modify history (mq,
   rebase, etc.) can cause considerable confusion with shared
   clones. In particular, if two shared clones are both updated to
   the same changeset, and one of them destroys that changeset
   with rollback, the other clone will suddenly stop working: all
   operations will fail with "abort: working directory has unknown
   parent". The only known workaround is to use debugsetparents on
   the broken clone to reset it to a changeset that still exists
   (e.g. tip).

Options:

-U, --noupdate  do not create a working copy

transplant
""""""""""

command to transplant changesets from another branch

This extension allows you to transplant patches from another branch.

Transplanted patches are recorded in .hg/transplant/transplants, as a
map from a changeset hash to its hash in the source repository.


Commands
........

transplant
##########

::

   hg transplant [-s REPO] [-b BRANCH [-a]] [-p REV] [-m REV] [REV]...

Selected changesets will be applied on top of the current working
directory with the log of the original changeset. The changesets
are copied and will thus appear twice in the history. Use the
rebase extension instead if you want to move a whole branch of
unpublished changesets.

If --log is specified, log messages will have a comment appended
of the form::

  (transplanted from CHANGESETHASH)

You can rewrite the changelog message with the --filter option.
Its argument will be invoked with the current changelog message as
$1 and the patch as $2.

If --source/-s is specified, selects changesets from the named
repository. If --branch/-b is specified, selects changesets from
the branch holding the named revision, up to that revision. If
--all/-a is specified, all changesets on the branch will be
transplanted, otherwise you will be prompted to select the
changesets you want.

:hg:`transplant --branch REVISION --all` will transplant the
selected branch (up to the named revision) onto your current
working directory.

You can optionally mark selected transplanted changesets as merge
changesets. You will not be prompted to transplant any ancestors
of a merged transplant, and you can merge descendants of them
normally instead of transplanting them.

If no merges or revisions are provided, :hg:`transplant` will
start an interactive changeset browser.

If a changeset application fails, you can fix the merge by hand
and then resume where you left off by calling :hg:`transplant
--continue/-c`.

Options:

-s, --source    pull patches from REPO
-b, --branch    pull patches from branch BRANCH
-a, --all       pull all changesets up to BRANCH
-p, --prune     skip over REV
-m, --merge     merge at REV
--log           append transplant info to log message
-c, --continue  continue last transplant session after repair
--filter        filter changesets through command

win32mbcs
"""""""""

allow the use of MBCS paths with problematic encodings

Some MBCS encodings are not good for some path operations (i.e.
splitting path, case conversion, etc.) with its encoded bytes. We call
such a encoding (i.e. shift_jis and big5) as "problematic encoding".
This extension can be used to fix the issue with those encodings by
wrapping some functions to convert to Unicode string before path
operation.

This extension is useful for:

- Japanese Windows users using shift_jis encoding.
- Chinese Windows users using big5 encoding.
- All users who use a repository with one of problematic encodings on
  case-insensitive file system.

This extension is not needed for:

- Any user who use only ASCII chars in path.
- Any user who do not use any of problematic encodings.

Note that there are some limitations on using this extension:

- You should use single encoding in one repository.
- If the repository path ends with 0x5c, .hg/hgrc cannot be read.
- win32mbcs is not compatible with fixutf8 extension.

By default, win32mbcs uses encoding.encoding decided by Mercurial.
You can specify the encoding by config option::

 [win32mbcs]
 encoding = sjis

It is useful for the users who want to commit with UTF-8 log message.


win32text
"""""""""

perform automatic newline conversion

  Deprecation: The win32text extension requires each user to configure
  the extension again and again for each clone since the configuration
  is not copied when cloning.

  We have therefore made the ``eol`` as an alternative. The ``eol``
  uses a version controlled file for its configuration and each clone
  will therefore use the right settings from the start.

To perform automatic newline conversion, use::

  [extensions]
  win32text =
  [encode]
  ** = cleverencode:
  # or ** = macencode:

  [decode]
  ** = cleverdecode:
  # or ** = macdecode:

If not doing conversion, to make sure you do not commit CRLF/CR by accident::

  [hooks]
  pretxncommit.crlf = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcrlf
  # or pretxncommit.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr

To do the same check on a server to prevent CRLF/CR from being
pushed or pulled::

  [hooks]
  pretxnchangegroup.crlf = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcrlf
  # or pretxnchangegroup.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr


zeroconf
""""""""

discover and advertise repositories on the local network

Zeroconf-enabled repositories will be announced in a network without
the need to configure a server or a service. They can be discovered
without knowing their actual IP address.

To allow other people to discover your repository using run
:hg:`serve` in your repository::

  $ cd test
  $ hg serve

You can discover Zeroconf-enabled repositories by running
:hg:`paths`::

  $ hg paths
  zc-test = http://example.com:8000/test


