tldr/pages/common/hg-add.md

hg add

Adds specified files to the staging area for the next commit in Mercurial. More information: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/doc/hg.1.html#add.

• Add files or directories to the staging area:

hg add {{path/to/file}}

• Add all unstaged files matching a specified pattern:

hg add {{[-I|--include]}} {{pattern}}

• Add all unstaged files, excluding those that match a specified pattern:

hg add {{[-X|--exclude]}} {{pattern}}

• Recursively add sub-repositories:

hg add {{[-S|--subrepos]}}

• Perform a test-run without performing any actions:

hg add {{[-n|--dry-run]}}