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class cmd_revert(Command):
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__doc__ = """Revert files to a previous revision.
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Set files in the working tree back to the contents of a previous revision.
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Giving a list of files will revert only those files. Otherwise, all files
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will be reverted. If the revision is not specified with '--revision', the
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last committed revision is used.
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working tree basis revision is used. A revert operation affects only the
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working tree, not any revision history like the branch and repository or
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the working tree basis revision.
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To remove only some changes, without reverting to a prior version, use
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merge instead. For example, "merge . -r -2..-3" (don't forget the ".")
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will remove the changes introduced by the second last commit (-2), without
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affecting the changes introduced by the last commit (-1). To remove
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certain changes on a hunk-by-hunk basis, see the shelve command.
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To update the branch to a specific revision or the latest revision and
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update the working tree accordingly while preserving local changes, see the
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By default, any files that have been manually changed will be backed up
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first. (Files changed only by merge are not backed up.) Backup files have
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'.~#~' appended to their name, where # is a number.
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Uncommitted changes to files that are reverted will be discarded.
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Howver, by default, any files that have been manually changed will be
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backed up first. (Files changed only by merge are not backed up.) Backup
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files have '.~#~' appended to their name, where # is a number.
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When you provide files, you can use their current pathname or the pathname
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from the target revision. So you can use revert to "undelete" a file by
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