filenames with "-" and ":"

[Ulrich Spoerlein]

On Sat, 01.09.2007 at 21:40:18 -0700, Jens Alfke wrote:
> I haven't actually run into this, but there can be problems using 'hg'  
> subcommands on files with certain types of names.
> [...]
> It might also be worth pointing this out in the manual. Or even adding  
> a special command-line flag like a plain '-' that disables special  
> interpretation of all following arguments.

Erm, '--' is the canonical UNIX way of saying: Stop argument processing
here.

$ hg init .
$ touch -- -test -v -f -l 1:2
$ hg add -- -test -v -f -l 1:2
$ hg ci -m "foo" -- -test -v -f -l 1:2
$ rm -- *
$ hg update
5 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

Cheers,
Ulrich Spoerlein
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