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hg status — Show files that have changed in the working directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial-scm.

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Problem

How to use the hg status command: Show files that have changed in the working directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/help/commands/status>.

Solution

hg status — Show files that have changed in the working directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/help/commands/status>.

Display the status of changed files:

hg status

Display only modified files:

hg status {{[-m|--modified]}}

Display only added files:

hg status {{[-a|--added]}}

Display only removed files:

hg status {{[-r|--removed]}}

Display only deleted (but tracked) files:

hg status {{[-d|--deleted]}}

Display changes in the working directory compared to a specified changeset:

hg status --rev {{revision}}

Display only files matching a specified glob pattern:

hg status {{[-I|--include]}} {{pattern}}

Display files, excluding those that match a specified glob pattern:

hg status {{[-X|--exclude]}} {{pattern}}

Code Snippets

Display the status of changed files

hg status

Display only modified files

hg status {{[-m|--modified]}}

Display only added files

hg status {{[-a|--added]}}

Display only removed files

hg status {{[-r|--removed]}}

Display only deleted (but tracked) files

hg status {{[-d|--deleted]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/hg status

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