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Americanize spellings :-(
author Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
date Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:52:16 -0700
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31 </sect1> 31 </sect1>
32 <sect1> 32 <sect1>
33 <title>Running commands without any file names</title> 33 <title>Running commands without any file names</title>
34 34
35 <para id="x_547">Mercurial's commands that work with file names have useful 35 <para id="x_547">Mercurial's commands that work with file names have useful
36 default behaviours when you invoke them without providing any 36 default behaviors when you invoke them without providing any
37 file names or patterns. What kind of behaviour you should 37 file names or patterns. What kind of behavior you should
38 expect depends on what the command does. Here are a few rules 38 expect depends on what the command does. Here are a few rules
39 of thumb you can use to predict what a command is likely to do 39 of thumb you can use to predict what a command is likely to do
40 if you don't give it any names to work with.</para> 40 if you don't give it any names to work with.</para>
41 <itemizedlist> 41 <itemizedlist>
42 <listitem><para id="x_548">Most commands will operate on the entire working 42 <listitem><para id="x_548">Most commands will operate on the entire working
49 protects you from accidentally deleting files by running 49 protects you from accidentally deleting files by running
50 <command role="hg-cmd">hg remove</command> with no 50 <command role="hg-cmd">hg remove</command> with no
51 arguments, for example.</para> 51 arguments, for example.</para>
52 </listitem></itemizedlist> 52 </listitem></itemizedlist>
53 53
54 <para id="x_54a">It's easy to work around these default behaviours if they 54 <para id="x_54a">It's easy to work around these default behaviors if they
55 don't suit you. If a command normally operates on the whole 55 don't suit you. If a command normally operates on the whole
56 working directory, you can invoke it on just the current 56 working directory, you can invoke it on just the current
57 directory and its subdirectories by giving it the name 57 directory and its subdirectories by giving it the name
58 <quote><filename class="directory">.</filename></quote>.</para> 58 <quote><filename class="directory">.</filename></quote>.</para>
59 59