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Help: help
hg help [-eck] [-s PLATFORM] [TOPIC]
show help for a given topic or a help overview
With no arguments, print a list of commands with short help messages.
Given a topic, extension, or command name, print help for that topic.
Returns 0 if successful.
options ([+] can be repeated):
| -e | --extension | show only help for extensions |
| -c | --command | show only help for commands |
| -k | --keyword | show topics matching keyword |
| -s | --system PLATFORM [+] | show help for specific platform(s) |
global options ([+] can be repeated):
| -R | --repository REPO | repository root directory or name of overlay bundle file |
| --cwd DIR | change working directory | |
| -y | --noninteractive | do not prompt, automatically pick the first choice for all prompts |
| -q | --quiet | suppress output |
| -v | --verbose | enable additional output |
| --color TYPE | when to colorize (boolean, always, auto, never, or debug) | |
| --config CONFIG [+] | set/override config option (use 'section.name=value') | |
| --debug | enable debugging output | |
| --debugger | start debugger | |
| --encoding ENCODE | set the charset encoding (default: UTF-8) | |
| --encodingmode MODE | set the charset encoding mode (default: strict) | |
| --traceback | always print a traceback on exception | |
| --time | time how long the command takes | |
| --profile | print command execution profile | |
| --version | output version information and exit | |
| -h | --help | display help and exit |
| --hidden | consider hidden changesets | |
| --pager TYPE | when to paginate (boolean, always, auto, or never) (default: auto) |