hg-cat1

Usage

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

Overview

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

Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is given using a template string. See hg help templates. In addition to the common template keywords, the following formatting rules are supported:

%%

literal "%" character

%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

%H

changeset hash (40 hexadecimal digits)

%R

changeset revision number

%h

short-form changeset hash (12 hexadecimal digits)

%r

zero-padded changeset revision number

%b

basename of the exporting repository

\

literal "" character

Template:

The following keywords are supported in addition to the common template keywords and functions. See also hg help templates.

data

String. File content.

path

String. Repository-absolute path of the file.

Returns 0 on success.

Options

-o,--output <FORMAT>

print output to file with formatted name

-r,--rev <REV>

print the given revision

--decode

apply any matching decode filter

-I,--include <PATTERN[+]>

include names matching the given patterns

-X,--exclude <PATTERN[+]>

exclude names matching the given patterns

-T,--template <TEMPLATE>

display with template

[+] marked option can be specified multiple times