How can I make a special file filter for mercurial revert command?

Question

I need to revert all files in a working directory that match the name "test" anywhere inside the filename.

Is it possible to revert all this 3 files by using hg revert -I syntax:

• /includes/atest.txt
• /test.txt
• /test/test/test.txt

Answer 1

It should work (I cannot test it right now) with the following syntax, according to issue 1697:

Windows:

hg revert "glob:*test.*"
# or
hg revert -I "*test.*" --all

Unix:

hg revert 'glob:*test.*'
hg revert -I '*test.*'

(Note the simple quotes for Unix)

As noted by Blaise in the comments

On macOS/Unix, you need to use ** if you want to match files in any directory, e.g.

hg revert -I '**/*test.*' 

Answer 2

To expand on the given answer above

You can include all files in subdirectories in your revert by using the following syntax:

Windows:

hg revert "glob:**\*test.*"

And I assume Unix would be:

hg revert 'glob:**/*test.*'