Comments on: Prevent missing files in your hg commit

By: Neil Rashbrook

Neil Rashbrook — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:28:39 +0000

You might want to grep for ! (missing) files too, in case a patch removed a file.

By: Coop

Coop — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:55:37 +0000

hg status -u does accomplish the same output, yes, but it always returns 0, so the commit just plows ahead. The pipe to grep returns an exit status that actually prevents the commit.

By: Histrionic

Histrionic — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:02:23 +0000

Unless I’m mistaken, the command:

$ hg status | (! grep ‘^?’)

… is the same as:

$ hg status –unknown

… but saves piping to grep.

By: Dirkjan Ochtman

Dirkjan Ochtman — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:34:33 +0000

Actually, I think hg status has a -u option that should make this even easier (and faster).

By: Preed

Preed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:16:49 +0000

I’d love to know what some of the complaints were[0]… since we all know I’m about bitching more than solving problems.

[0] Seriously. I’d like to know what I’m in for when I eventually have to support a mess of DVCS systems…

By: Coop

Coop — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:12:48 +0000

Man, it would be sweet if I always got them in an importable format.

By: Robert O'Callahan

Robert O'Callahan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:56:32 +0000

Why don’t you just “hg import” the patch so new files are automatically added by hg?