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The command "hg commit --exclude ${pattern}" is a command used in Mercurial (a distributed version control system) to commit changes to a repository while excluding certain files or directories based on a specific pattern.

Here's a breakdown of the command syntax:

• "hg commit" is the main command used to commit changes in Mercurial.
• "--exclude" is an option used to specify the files or directories to be excluded from the commit.
• "${pattern}" is a placeholder representing the pattern or wildcard used to define the exclusion criteria. The pattern can be any valid shell-style pattern recognized by Mercurial. Examples of patterns:
  • "*.txt" would exclude all files with a ".txt" extension.
  • "folder_name/*" would exclude all files and subdirectories within "folder_name".

By using this command, you can commit changes in your repository while ensuring that specific files or directories matching the provided pattern are not included in the commit.