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hgfs(4): cleanup. still needs EXAMPLES.

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@ -21,18 +21,21 @@ hgfs \- mercurial file system
Mercurial is a distributed version control system. It tracks
and organizes files and keeps a change history of them. The
file revisions are stored as packed deltas in a repository
and can be checked out with the
that can be checked out with the
.IR hg (1)
program.
Hgfs allows read only access to all stored file revisions
.I Hgfs
allows read-only access to all stored file revisions
in a repository as simple files.
Starting hgfs without any options finds the repository of
the current working directory and mounts itself to
Starting
.I hgfs
without any options locates the repository of
the current working directory and mounts itself on
.B /n/hg.
The served directory contains a list of subdirectories
The resulting served directory contains a list of subdirectories,
each corresponding to a specific changeset revision.
The special
@ -42,41 +45,42 @@ corresponds to the latest changeset but is not listed.
In each revision directory the following files can be found:
.TP
.B rev1,rev2
These files contain the two parent revision ids as text.
.B rev1
contains the parent revision id as text.
.TP
.B rev2
If the changeset was a merge, contains the other parent revision id. Otherwise, a zero size file.
.TP
.B log
The
.B log
file contains a list of file names, separated by newline, that where
file contains a list of file names, separated by a newline, that where
touched in this changeset. Files that are listed in the log
but are not visible in
.B files or
.B files
or
.B changes
where deleted in this changeset.
.TP
.B who,why
These files contains the commiter and the commit message of
the changeset.
.B who
committer of the changeset.
.TP
.B why
commit message of the changeset.
.TP
.B files,changes
These directories contain a snapshot of the filetree when this
change was made. The
.B changes
directory contains only the changed
files.
On files in the
.B files
and
.B changes
directories, one can append
A directory that contains a snapshot of the filetree when this change was made.
To retrieve the \fIn\fRth
past version of a file, append
.I .n
(or
.I .revn
to get the revision id)
to the filename where
.I n
is the nth past version of the file.
to the filename. For revision id
.I revn,
append
.I .revn.
.TP
.B changes
Same as
.B files,
but contains only the changed files.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR hg (1)