hg identify

identify the working directory or specified revision

hg identify [-nibtB] [-r REV] [SOURCE]

Aliases: id

Print a summary identifying the repository state at REV using one or two parent hash identifiers, followed by a "+" if the working directory has uncommitted changes, the branch name (if not default), a list of tags, and a list of bookmarks.

When REV is not given, print a summary of the current state of the repository including the working directory. Specify -r. to get information of the working directory parent without scanning uncommitted changes.

Specifying a path to a repository root or Mercurial bundle will cause lookup to operate on that repository/bundle.

Template:

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

dirty:

String. Character + denoting if the working directory has uncommitted changes.

id:

String. One or two nodes, optionally followed by +.

parents:

List of strings. Parent nodes of the changeset.

Examples:

• generate a build identifier for the working directory:

  hg id --id > build-id.dat
  

• find the revision corresponding to a tag:

  hg id -n -r 1.3
  

• check the most recent revision of a remote repository:

  hg id -r tip https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/
  

See `hg log` for generating more information about specific revisions, including full hash identifiers.

Returns 0 if successful.

Options

Every command accepts the global options.

-r	--rev REV	identify the specified revision
-n	--num	show local revision number
-i	--id	show global revision id
-b	--branch	show branch
-t	--tags	show tags
-B	--bookmarks	show bookmarks
-e	--ssh CMD	specify ssh command to use
	--remotecmd CMD	specify hg command to run on the remote side
	--insecure	do not verify server certificate (ignoring web.cacerts config)
-T	--template TEMPLATE	display with template