mercurial/help/multirevs.txt

revlog: make compress a method

This allows an extension to optionally use a new compression type based
on the options applied by the repo to the revlog's opener.

(decompress doesn't need the same treatment, as it can be replaced using
extensions.wrapfunction, and can figure out which compression algorithm
is in use based on the first byte of the compressed payload.)

When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified
individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range,
separated by the ":" character.

The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are
revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not
specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified,
it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions".

If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order.

A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.