comparison mercurial/commands.py @ 15210:9d8115c5fbda

backout: add a note about not working on merges
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
date Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:28:13 -0500
parents 10f85a735601
children 1209de02034e
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375 current working directory. 375 current working directory.
376 376
377 If REV is the parent of the working directory, then this new changeset 377 If REV is the parent of the working directory, then this new changeset
378 is committed automatically. Otherwise, hg needs to merge the 378 is committed automatically. Otherwise, hg needs to merge the
379 changes and the merged result is left uncommitted. 379 changes and the merged result is left uncommitted.
380
381 .. note::
382 backout cannot be used to fix either an unwanted or
383 incorrect merge.
380 384
381 .. container:: verbose 385 .. container:: verbose
382 386
383 By default, the pending changeset will have one parent, 387 By default, the pending changeset will have one parent,
384 maintaining a linear history. With --merge, the pending 388 maintaining a linear history. With --merge, the pending