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::

       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 format string. The formatting rules are as follows:

    :``%%``: 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

    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.

    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.

    .. container:: verbose

      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:

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 -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            
    --nodates       omit dates from diff headers            
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global options:

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 -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                                          
    --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                                        
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[+] marked option can be specified multiple times