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!! DJ's Mercurial Cook Book

This cook book features several ''recipes''. Each recipe is a ''specific solution'' to a ''specific problem''. They are listed in alphabetical order.


!!! Find revision when a file was deleted

''Problem statement:''
There was once a file @@foo.txt@@ in this repository. When has it been deleted?

[@
hg log --template '{rev}: {file_dels}\n' | grep "foo.txt"
@]


!!! Inspect changes in a bundle file

''Problem statement:''
I maintain a certain software package. Somebody sent me a Mercurial bundle with changes that fix a bug. How can I see the changes without applying them?

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hg incoming new-feature.bundle # display changeset info
hg incoming -p -g new-feature.bundle # display diff
@]

See also: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/LookingIntoBundles


!!! Mirror a subversion repository with Mercurial

''Problem statement:''
I'd like to hack on a certain software package. They natively use the Subversion version control system, but I'd like to use Mercurial anyway. How can I work with Mercurial locally and still access their Subversion history?

[@
hg convert --authors=usernames.txt url/to/subversion-repo path/to/hg-repo
@]

For more details (e.g. using @@svnsync@@ to improve performance) see [[MirrorSvnRepoWithHg]].