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    hg purge [OPTION]... [DIR]...

aliases: clean

removes files not tracked by Mercurial

    Delete files not known to Mercurial. This is useful to test local
    and uncommitted changes in an otherwise-clean source tree.

    This means that purge will delete the following by default:

    - Unknown files: files marked with "?" by :hg:`status`
    - Empty directories: in fact Mercurial ignores directories unless
      they contain files under source control management

    But it will leave untouched:

    - Modified and unmodified tracked files
    - Ignored files (unless -i or --all is specified)
    - New files added to the repository (with :hg:`add`)

    The --files and --dirs options can be used to direct purge to delete
    only files, only directories, or both. If neither option is given,
    both will be deleted.

    If directories are given on the command line, only files in these
    directories are considered.

    Be careful with purge, as you could irreversibly delete some files
    you forgot to add to the repository. If you only want to print the
    list of files that this program would delete, use the --print
    option.
    

options ([+] can be repeated):

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 -a --abort-on-err        abort if an error occurs                                       
    --all                 purge ignored files too                                        
 -i --ignored             purge only ignored files                                       
    --dirs                purge empty directories                                        
    --files               purge files                                                    
 -p --print               print filenames instead of deleting them                       
 -0 --print0              end filenames with NUL, for use with xargs (implies -p/--print)
    --confirm             ask before permanently deleting files                          
 -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns                      
 -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns                      
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global options ([+] can be repeated):

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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                                          
    --color TYPE        when to colorize (boolean, always, auto, never, or debug)         
    --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                                        
    --pager TYPE        when to paginate (boolean, always, auto, or never) (default: auto)
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