hg-root

Show repository root

$ hg root

$ cd $(hg root)

hg root [options]

hg root prints the root directory of the Mercurial repository. It outputs the absolute path to the .hg directory's parent.
The command is useful in scripts to locate the repository root regardless of current working directory. It fails if not in a repository.
hg root shows repository root path.

--help

Display help information.

Fails if not in repository. Returns absolute path. Simple utility command.

Root is a Mercurial utility command for locating the repository top-level directory.

hg(1), git-rev-parse(1), pwd(1)