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hg export [OPTION]... [-o OUTFILESPEC] [-r] [REV]...

dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets

Print the changeset header and diffs for one or more revisions. If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used.

The information shown in the changeset header is: author, date, branch name (if non-default), changeset hash, parent(s) and commit comment.

Note:

'hg export' may generate unexpected diff output for merge changesets, as it will compare the merge changeset against its first parent only.

Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is given using a template string. See 'hg help templates'. In addition to the common template keywords, the following formatting rules are supported:

"%%": literal "%" character
"%H": changeset hash (40 hexadecimal digits)
"%N": number of patches being generated
"%R": changeset revision number
"%b": basename of the exporting repository
"%h": short-form changeset hash (12 hexadecimal digits)
"%m": first line of the commit message (only alphanumeric characters)
"%n": zero-padded sequence number, starting at 1
"%r": zero-padded changeset revision number
"\": literal "\" character

Without the -a/--text option, export will avoid generating diffs of files it detects as binary. With -a, export will generate a diff anyway, probably with undesirable results.

With -B/--bookmark changesets reachable by the given bookmark are selected.

Use the -g/--git option to generate diffs in the git extended diff format. See 'hg help diffs' for more information.

With the --switch-parent option, the diff will be against the second parent. It can be useful to review a merge.

Template:

The following keywords are supported in addition to the common template keywords and functions. See also 'hg help templates'.

diff: String. Diff content.
parents: List of strings. Parent nodes of the changeset.

Examples:

use export and import to transplant a bugfix to the current branch:
```
hg export -r 9353 | hg import -
```
export all the changesets between two revisions to a file with rename information:
```
hg export --git -r 123:150 > changes.txt
```
split outgoing changes into a series of patches with descriptive names:
```
hg export -r "outgoing()" -o "%n-%m.patch"
```

Returns 0 on success.

options ([+] can be repeated):

-B	--bookmark BOOKMARK	export changes only reachable by given bookmark
-o	--output FORMAT	print output to file with formatted name
	--switch-parent	diff against the second parent
-r	--rev REV [+]	revisions to export
-a	--text	treat all files as text
-g	--git	use git extended diff format
	--binary	generate binary diffs in git mode (default)
	--nodates	omit dates from diff headers
-T	--template TEMPLATE	display with template

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)