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hg grep --exclude pattern

How do you specify the --exclude/-X parameter when using hg grep?

I've tried every kind of bare and pattern syntax I've ever come across (including a few regex dialects I know), but I can't even get it to work with the most simple example.

I'm mostly interested in filtering out some binary files and minified JavaScript files (*.min.js) from the search.

I'm on Windows, if that's pertinent.

Solution

  • See hg help patterns. By default, the pattern is treated as a shell glob.

    If you want to use a regular expression, you can try something like this:

    hg grep -X "re:.*\.min\.js$" <search term>