Specifying Revision Sets
Mercurial supports a functional language for selecting a set of revisions.
The language supports a number of predicates which are joined by infix
operators. Parenthesis can be used for grouping.
Identifiers such as branch names may need quoting with single or double
quotes if they contain characters like "-" or if they match one of the
predefined predicates.
Special characters can be used in quoted identifiers by escaping them,
e.g., "\n" is interpreted as a newline. To prevent them from being
interpreted, strings can be prefixed with "r", e.g. "r'...'".
There is a single prefix operator:
"not x"
Changesets not in x. Short form is "! x".
These are the supported infix operators:
"x::y"
A DAG range, meaning all changesets that are descendants of x and
ancestors of y, including x and y themselves. If the first endpoint is
left out, this is equivalent to "ancestors(y)", if the second is left
out it is equivalent to "descendants(x)".
An alternative syntax is "x..y".
"x:y"
All changesets with revision numbers between x and y, both inclusive.
Either endpoint can be left out, they default to 0 and tip.
"x and y"
The intersection of changesets in x and y. Short form is "x & y".
"x or y"
The union of changesets in x and y. There are two alternative short
forms: "x | y" and "x + y".
"x - y"
Changesets in x but not in y.
"x^n"
The nth parent of x, n == 0, 1, or 2. For n == 0, x; for n == 1, the
first parent of each changeset in x; for n == 2, the second parent of
changeset in x.
"x~n"
The nth first ancestor of x; "x~0" is x; "x~3" is "x^^^".
There is a single postfix operator:
"x^"
Equivalent to "x^1", the first parent of each changeset in x.
The following predicates are supported:
"adds(pattern)"
Changesets that add a file matching pattern.
"all()"
All changesets, the same as "0:tip".
"ancestor(single, single)"
Greatest common ancestor of the two changesets.
"ancestors(set)"
Changesets that are ancestors of a changeset in set.
"author(string)"
Alias for "user(string)".
"bisect(string)"
Changesets marked in the specified bisect status:
- "good", "bad", "skip": csets explicitly marked as good/bad/skip
- "goods", "bads" : csets topologically good/bad
- "range" : csets taking part in the bisection
- "pruned" : csets that are goods, bads or skipped
- "untested" : csets whose fate is yet unknown
- "ignored" : csets ignored due to DAG topology
- "current" : the cset currently being bisected
"bookmark([name])"
The named bookmark or all bookmarks.
If "name" starts with "re:", the remainder of the name is treated as a
regular expression. To match a bookmark that actually starts with "re:",
use the prefix "literal:".
"branch(string or set)"
All changesets belonging to the given branch or the branches of the
given changesets.
If "string" starts with "re:", the remainder of the name is treated as a
regular expression. To match a branch that actually starts with "re:",
use the prefix "literal:".
"branchpoint()"
Changesets with more than one child.
"bumped()"
Mutable changesets marked as successors of public changesets.
Only non-public and non-obsolete changesets can be "bumped".
"children(set)"
Child changesets of changesets in set.
"closed()"
Changeset is closed.
"contains(pattern)"
Revision contains a file matching pattern. See "hg help patterns" for
information about file patterns.
"converted([id])"
Changesets converted from the given identifier in the old repository if
present, or all converted changesets if no identifier is specified.
"date(interval)"
Changesets within the interval, see "hg help dates".
"desc(string)"
Search commit message for string. The match is case-insensitive.
"descendants(set)"
Changesets which are descendants of changesets in set.
"destination([set])"
Changesets that were created by a graft, transplant or rebase operation,
with the given revisions specified as the source. Omitting the optional
set is the same as passing all().
"draft()"
Changeset in draft phase.
"extinct()"
Obsolete changesets with obsolete descendants only.
"extra(label, [value])"
Changesets with the given label in the extra metadata, with the given
optional value.
If "value" starts with "re:", the remainder of the value is treated as a
regular expression. To match a value that actually starts with "re:",
use the prefix "literal:".
"file(pattern)"
Changesets affecting files matched by pattern.
For a faster but less accurate result, consider using "filelog()"
instead.
"filelog(pattern)"
Changesets connected to the specified filelog.
For performance reasons, "filelog()" does not show every changeset that
affects the requested file(s). See "hg help log" for details. For a
slower, more accurate result, use "file()".
"first(set, [n])"
An alias for limit().
"follow([file])"
An alias for "::." (ancestors of the working copy's first parent). If a
filename is specified, the history of the given file is followed,
including copies.
"grep(regex)"
Like "keyword(string)" but accepts a regex. Use "grep(r'...')" to ensure
special escape characters are handled correctly. Unlike
"keyword(string)", the match is case-sensitive.
"head()"
Changeset is a named branch head.
"heads(set)"
Members of set with no children in set.
"hidden()"
Hidden changesets.
"id(string)"
Revision non-ambiguously specified by the given hex string prefix.
"keyword(string)"
Search commit message, user name, and names of changed files for string.
The match is case-insensitive.
"last(set, [n])"
Last n members of set, defaulting to 1.
"limit(set, [n])"
First n members of set, defaulting to 1.
"matching(revision [, field])"
Changesets in which a given set of fields match the set of fields in the
selected revision or set.
To match more than one field pass the list of fields to match separated
by spaces (e.g. "author description").
Valid fields are most regular revision fields and some special fields.
Regular revision fields are "description", "author", "branch", "date",
"files", "phase", "parents", "substate", "user" and "diff". Note that
"author" and "user" are synonyms. "diff" refers to the contents of the
revision. Two revisions matching their "diff" will also match their
"files".
Special fields are "summary" and "metadata": "summary" matches the first
line of the description. "metadata" is equivalent to matching
"description user date" (i.e. it matches the main metadata fields).
"metadata" is the default field which is used when no fields are
specified. You can match more than one field at a time.
"max(set)"
Changeset with highest revision number in set.
"merge()"
Changeset is a merge changeset.
"min(set)"
Changeset with lowest revision number in set.
"modifies(pattern)"
Changesets modifying files matched by pattern.
"obsolete()"
Mutable changeset with a newer version.
"origin([set])"
Changesets that were specified as a source for the grafts, transplants
or rebases that created the given revisions. Omitting the optional set
is the same as passing all(). If a changeset created by these
operations is itself specified as a source for one of these operations,
only the source changeset for the first operation is selected.
"outgoing([path])"
Changesets not found in the specified destination repository, or the
default push location.
"p1([set])"
First parent of changesets in set, or the working directory.
"p2([set])"
Second parent of changesets in set, or the working directory.
"parents([set])"
The set of all parents for all changesets in set, or the working
directory.
"present(set)"
An empty set, if any revision in set isn't found; otherwise, all
revisions in set.
If any of specified revisions is not present in the local repository,
the query is normally aborted. But this predicate allows the query to
continue even in such cases.
"public()"
Changeset in public phase.
"remote([id [,path]])"
Local revision that corresponds to the given identifier in a remote
repository, if present. Here, the '.' identifier is a synonym for the
current local branch.
"removes(pattern)"
Changesets which remove files matching pattern.
"rev(number)"
Revision with the given numeric identifier.
"reverse(set)"
Reverse order of set.
"roots(set)"
Changesets in set with no parent changeset in set.
"secret()"
Changeset in secret phase.
"sort(set[, [-]key...])"
Sort set by keys. The default sort order is ascending, specify a key as
"-key" to sort in descending order.
The keys can be:
- "rev" for the revision number,
- "branch" for the branch name,
- "desc" for the commit message (description),
- "user" for user name ("author" can be used as an alias),
- "date" for the commit date
"tag([name])"
The specified tag by name, or all tagged revisions if no name is given.
"unstable()"
Non-obsolete changesets with obsolete ancestors.
"user(string)"
User name contains string. The match is case-insensitive.
If "string" starts with "re:", the remainder of the string is treated as
a regular expression. To match a user that actually contains "re:", use
the prefix "literal:".
New predicates (known as "aliases") can be defined, using any combination
of existing predicates or other aliases. An alias definition looks like:
<alias> = <definition>
in the "revsetalias" section of a Mercurial configuration file. Arguments
of the form "$1", "$2", etc. are substituted from the alias into the
definition.
For example,
[revsetalias]
h = heads()
d($1) = sort($1, date)
rs($1, $2) = reverse(sort($1, $2))
defines three aliases, "h", "d", and "rs". "rs(0:tip, author)" is exactly
equivalent to "reverse(sort(0:tip, author))".
Command line equivalents for "hg log":
-f -> ::.
-d x -> date(x)
-k x -> keyword(x)
-m -> merge()
-u x -> user(x)
-b x -> branch(x)
-P x -> !::x
-l x -> limit(expr, x)
Some sample queries:
- Changesets on the default branch:
hg log -r "branch(default)"
- Changesets on the default branch since tag 1.5 (excluding merges):
hg log -r "branch(default) and 1.5:: and not merge()"
- Open branch heads:
hg log -r "head() and not closed()"
- Changesets between tags 1.3 and 1.5 mentioning "bug" that affect
"hgext/*":
hg log -r "1.3::1.5 and keyword(bug) and file('hgext/*')"
- Changesets committed in May 2008, sorted by user:
hg log -r "sort(date('May 2008'), user)"
- Changesets mentioning "bug" or "issue" that are not in a tagged release:
hg log -r "(keyword(bug) or keyword(issue)) and not ancestors(tagged())"