# Mercurial Distributed SCM

# Commands

## Repository creation

> clone: | make a copy of an existing repository
> init: | create a new repository in the given directory

## Remote repository management

> incoming: | show new changesets found in source (aliases: in)
> outgoing: | show changesets not found in the destination (aliases: out)
> paths: | show aliases for remote repositories
> pull: | pull changes from the specified source
> push: | push changes to the specified destination
> serve: | start stand-alone webserver

## Change creation

> commit: | commit the specified files or all outstanding changes (aliases: ci)

## Change manipulation

> backout: | reverse effect of earlier changeset
> graft: | copy changes from other branches onto the current branch
> merge: | merge another revision into working directory

## Change organization

> bookmarks: | create a new bookmark or list existing bookmarks (aliases: bookmark)
> branch: | set or show the current branch name
> branches: | list repository named branches
> phase: | set or show the current phase name
> tag: | add one or more tags for the current or given revision
> tags: | list repository tags

## File content management

> annotate: | show changeset information by line for each file (aliases: blame)
> cat: | output the current or given revision of files
> copy: | mark files as copied for the next commit (aliases: cp)
> diff: | diff repository (or selected files)
> grep: | search for a pattern in specified files

## Change navigation

> bisect: | subdivision search of changesets
> heads: | show branch heads
> identify: | identify the working directory or specified revision (aliases: id)
> log: | show revision history of entire repository or files (aliases: history)

## Working directory management

> add: | add the specified files on the next commit
> addremove: | add all new files, delete all missing files
> files: | list tracked files
> forget: | forget the specified files on the next commit
> purge: | removes files not tracked by Mercurial (aliases: clean)
> remove: | remove the specified files on the next commit (aliases: rm)
> rename: | rename files; equivalent of copy + remove (aliases: move, mv)
> resolve: | redo merges or set/view the merge status of files
> revert: | restore files to their checkout state
> root: | print the root (top) of the current working directory
> shelve: | save and set aside changes from the working directory
> status: | show changed files in the working directory (aliases: st)
> summary: | summarize working directory state (aliases: sum)
> unshelve: | restore a shelved change to the working directory
> update: | update working directory (or switch revisions) (aliases: up, checkout, co)

## Change import/export

> archive: | create an unversioned archive of a repository revision
> bundle: | create a bundle file
> export: | dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
> import: | import an ordered set of patches (aliases: patch)
> unbundle: | apply one or more bundle files

## Repository maintenance

> admin::verify: | verify the integrity of the repository
> manifest: | output the current or given revision of the project manifest
> recover: | roll back an interrupted transaction
> verify: | verify the integrity of the repository

## Help

> config: | show combined config settings from all hgrc files (aliases: showconfig, debugconfig)
> help: | show help for a given topic or a help overview
> version: | output version and copyright information

# Additional Help Topics

## Mercurial identifiers

> filesets: | Specifying File Sets (aliases: fileset)
> hgignore: | Syntax for Mercurial Ignore Files (aliases: ignore)
> patterns: | File Name Patterns
> revisions: | Specifying Revisions (aliases: revs, revsets, revset, multirevs, mrevs)
> urls: | URL Paths

## Mercurial output

> color: | Colorizing Outputs
> dates: | Date Formats
> diffs: | Diff Formats
> templating: | Template Usage (aliases: templates, template, style)

## Mercurial configuration

> config: | Configuration Files (aliases: hgrc)
> environment: | Environment Variables (aliases: env)
> extensions: | Using Additional Features
> flags: | Command-line flags
> hgweb: | Configuring hgweb
> merge-tools: | Merge Tools (aliases: mergetools, mergetool)
> pager: | Pager Support
> rust: | Rust in Mercurial (aliases: rustext, rhg)

## Concepts

> bundlespec: | Bundle File Formats
> evolution: | Safely rewriting history (EXPERIMENTAL)
> glossary: | Glossary
> phases: | Working with Phases
> subrepos: | Subrepositories (aliases: subrepo)

## Miscellaneous

> deprecated: | Deprecated Features
> internals: | Technical implementation topics
> scripting: | Using Mercurial from scripts and automation

# Extensions

## acl

hooks for controlling repository access

## blackbox

log repository events to a blackbox for debugging

blackbox: | view the recent repository events

## bugzilla

hooks for integrating with the Bugzilla bug tracker

## censor

erase file content at a given revision

censor: | (no help text available)

## churn

command to display statistics about repository history

churn: | histogram of changes to the repository

## clonebundles

advertise pre-generated bundles to seed clones

admin::clone-bundles-clear:
| remove existing clone bundle caches
admin::clone-bundles-refresh:
| generate clone bundles according to the configuration

## closehead

close arbitrary heads without checking them out first

close-head: | close the given head revisions

## convert

import revisions from foreign VCS repositories into Mercurial

convert: | convert a foreign SCM repository to a Mercurial one.

## eol

automatically manage newlines in repository files

## extdiff

command to allow external programs to compare revisions

extdiff: | use external program to diff repository (or selected files)

## factotum

http authentication with factotum

## fastexport

export repositories as git fast-import stream

fastexport: | export repository as git fast-import stream

## githelp

try mapping git commands to Mercurial commands

githelp: | suggests the Mercurial equivalent of the given git command

## gpg

commands to sign and verify changesets

sigcheck: | verify all the signatures there may be for a particular revision
sign: | add a signature for the current or given revision
sigs: | list signed changesets

## hgk

browse the repository in a graphical way

view: | start interactive history viewer

## highlight

syntax highlighting for hgweb (requires Pygments)

## histedit

interactive history editing

histedit: | interactively edit changeset history

## keyword

expand keywords in tracked files

kwdemo: | print [keywordmaps] configuration and an expansion example
kwexpand: | expand keywords in the working directory
kwfiles: | show files configured for keyword expansion
kwshrink: | revert expanded keywords in the working directory

## largefiles

track large binary files

lfconvert: | convert a normal repository to a largefiles repository
lfpull: | pull largefiles for the specified revisions from the specified source

## mq

manage a stack of patches

qapplied: | print the patches already applied
qclone: | clone main and patch repository at same time
qcommit: | commit changes in the queue repository (DEPRECATED)
qdelete: | remove patches from queue
qdiff: | diff of the current patch and subsequent modifications
qfinish: | move applied patches into repository history
qfold: | fold the named patches into the current patch
qgoto: | push or pop patches until named patch is at top of stack
qguard: | set or print guards for a patch
qheader: | print the header of the topmost or specified patch
qimport: | import a patch or existing changeset
qinit: | init a new queue repository (DEPRECATED)
qnew: | create a new patch
qnext: | print the name of the next pushable patch
qpop: | pop the current patch off the stack
qprev: | print the name of the preceding applied patch
qpush: | push the next patch onto the stack
qqueue: | manage multiple patch queues
qrefresh: | update the current patch
qrename: | rename a patch
qrestore: | restore the queue state saved by a revision (DEPRECATED)
qsave: | save current queue state (DEPRECATED)
qselect: | set or print guarded patches to push
qseries: | print the entire series file
qtop: | print the name of the current patch
qunapplied: | print the patches not yet applied

## notify

hooks for sending email push notifications

## patchbomb

command to send changesets as (a series of) patch emails

email: | send changesets by email

## rebase

command to move sets of revisions to a different ancestor

rebase: | move changeset (and descendants) to a different branch

## relink

recreates hardlinks between repository clones

relink: | recreate hardlinks between two repositories

## schemes

extend schemes with shortcuts to repository swarms

## share

share a common history between several working directories

share: | create a new shared repository
unshare: | convert a shared repository to a normal one

## transplant

command to transplant changesets from another branch

transplant: | transplant changesets from another branch

## win32mbcs

allow the use of MBCS paths with problematic encodings

## zeroconf

discover and advertise repositories on the local network

# Advanced Extensions

## commitextras

adds a new flag extras to commit (ADVANCED)

# Experimental Extensions

## absorb

apply working directory changes to changesets (EXPERIMENTAL)

absorb: | incorporate corrections into the stack of draft changesets

## amend

provide the amend command (EXPERIMENTAL)

amend: | amend the working copy parent with all or specified outstanding changes

## automv

check for unrecorded moves at commit time (EXPERIMENTAL)

## beautifygraph

beautify log -G output by using Unicode characters (EXPERIMENTAL)

## bookflow

implements bookmark-based branching (EXPERIMENTAL)

## fastannotate

yet another annotate implementation that might be faster (EXPERIMENTAL)

## fix

rewrite file content in changesets or working copy (EXPERIMENTAL)

fix: | rewrite file content in changesets or working directory

## fsmonitor

Faster status operations with the Watchman file monitor (EXPERIMENTAL)

## git

grant Mercurial the ability to operate on Git repositories. (EXPERIMENTAL)

## hooklib

collection of simple hooks for common tasks (EXPERIMENTAL)

## journal

track previous positions of bookmarks (EXPERIMENTAL)

journal: | show the previous position of bookmarks and the working copy

## lfs

lfs - large file support (EXPERIMENTAL)

## logtoprocess

send ui.log() data to a subprocess (EXPERIMENTAL)

## narrow

create clones which fetch history data for subset of files (EXPERIMENTAL)

tracked: | show or change the current narrowspec

## phabricator

simple Phabricator integration (EXPERIMENTAL)

phabimport: | import patches from Phabricator for the specified Differential Revisions
phabread: | print patches from Phabricator suitable for importing
phabsend: | upload changesets to Phabricator
phabupdate: | update Differential Revision in batch

## releasenotes

generate release notes from commit messages (EXPERIMENTAL)

releasenotes: | parse release notes from commit messages into an output file

## remotefilelog

remotefilelog causes Mercurial to lazilly fetch file contents (EXPERIMENTAL)

gc: | garbage collect the client and server filelog caches
prefetch: | prefetch file revisions from the server
repack: | (no help text available)
verifyremotefilelog:
| (no help text available)

## remotenames

showing remotebookmarks and remotebranches in UI (EXPERIMENTAL)

## show

unified command to show various repository information (EXPERIMENTAL)

show: | show various repository information

## sparse

allow sparse checkouts of the working directory (EXPERIMENTAL)

## split

command to split a changeset into smaller ones (EXPERIMENTAL)

split: | split a changeset into smaller ones

## sqlitestore

store repository data in SQLite (EXPERIMENTAL)

## uncommit

uncommit part or all of a local changeset (EXPERIMENTAL)

unamend: | undo the most recent amend operation on a current changeset
uncommit: | uncommit part or all of a local changeset

# Deprecated Extensions

## children

command to display child changesets (DEPRECATED)

children: | show the children of the given or working directory revision

## fetch

pull, update and merge in one command (DEPRECATED)

fetch: | pull changes from a remote repository, merge new changes if needed.

## graphlog

command to view revision graphs from a shell (DEPRECATED)

glog: | show revision history alongside an ASCII revision graph

## pager

browse command output with an external pager (DEPRECATED)

## purge

command to delete untracked files from the working directory (DEPRECATED)

## record

commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh (DEPRECATED)

qrecord: | interactively record a new patch
record: | interactively select changes to commit

## strip

strip changesets and their descendants from history (DEPRECATED)

## win32text

perform automatic newline conversion (DEPRECATED)