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== Shelve Extension == #pragma section-numbers 2
= Shelve Extension =
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'''This extension is not distributed with Mercurial.''' '''This extension is distributed with Mercurial 2.8 and later. If you are using an earlier version of Mercurial, see ThirdPartyShelveExtension.'''
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''Author: TK Soh <teekaysoh@gmail.com>'' ''Author: Bryan O'Sullivan''
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Repository: [http://freehg.org/u/tksoh/hgshelve/] ''Current maintainer: Facebook''
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=== Overview === <<TableOfContents>>
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The shelve extension provides the `shelve` command to lets you choose which parts of the changes in a working directory you'd like to set aside temporarily, at the granularity of patch hunks. You can later restore the shelved patch hunks using the `unshelve` command. == Overview ==
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The shelve extension has been adapted from Mercurial's RecordExtension. The shelve extension lets you set your pending changes aside temporarily and restore them at a later time. It is useful in situations where you need to switch tasks, but are not ready to commit your current work.
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=== Compatibility with Mercurial === == Configuration ==
'''As of Mercurial 5.1, shelve is part of Mercurial core and is enabled by default.'''
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The latest version of '''hgshelve''' requires Mercurial version 1.1 or later. Mercurial users of older version will need to 'downgrade' to older version of '''hgshelve''' at changeset [http://freehg.org/u/tksoh/hgshelve/rev/ef85a6331d31 ef85a6331d31].

=== Configuration ===

Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:
If you are using an earlier version of Mercurial, configure your ''`.hgrc`'' to enable the extension by adding following lines:
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hgshelve=/path/to/hgshelve.py shelve=
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or place hgshelve.py in your 'hgext' directory and add the following lines: == Usage ==
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Temporarily stash away changes:
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[extensions]
hgext.hgshelve=
hg shelve
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=== Hunks selection ===
List all existing shelves:
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y - shelve this change
n - skip this change

s - skip remaining changes to this file
f - shelve remaining changes to this file

d - done, skip remaining changes and files
a - shelve all changes to all remaining files
q - quit, shelveing no changes

? - display help
hg shelve --list
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Get the changes back into the working directory:
{{{
hg unshelve
}}}

Shelves can be given custom names (the default name is your active bookmark or branch):
{{{
hg shelve --name <name>
hg unshelve <name>
}}}

See `hg shelve --help` for advance usage.

== See also ==
 * ThirdPartyShelveExtension
 * AtticExtension
 * [[/Talk|Talk]] page
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CategoryExtension CategoryBundledExtension

Shelve Extension

This extension is distributed with Mercurial 2.8 and later. If you are using an earlier version of Mercurial, see ThirdPartyShelveExtension.

Author: Bryan O'Sullivan

Current maintainer: Facebook

1. Overview

The shelve extension lets you set your pending changes aside temporarily and restore them at a later time. It is useful in situations where you need to switch tasks, but are not ready to commit your current work.

2. Configuration

As of Mercurial 5.1, shelve is part of Mercurial core and is enabled by default.

If you are using an earlier version of Mercurial, configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:

[extensions]
shelve=

3. Usage

Temporarily stash away changes:

hg shelve

List all existing shelves:

hg shelve --list

Get the changes back into the working directory:

hg unshelve

Shelves can be given custom names (the default name is your active bookmark or branch):

hg shelve --name <name>
hg unshelve <name>

See hg shelve --help for advance usage.

4. See also


CategoryBundledExtension

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