--- a/mercurial/commands.py Thu Oct 01 00:00:18 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Wed Sep 30 21:42:51 2009 -0500
@@ -1356,23 +1356,25 @@
With no arguments, show all repository head changesets.
- Repository "heads" are changesets that don't have child
- changesets. They are where development generally takes place and
- are the usual targets for update and merge operations.
+ Repository "heads" are changesets with no child changesets. They are
+ where development generally takes place and are the usual targets
+ for update and merge operations.
If one or more REV is given, the "branch heads" will be shown for
- the named branch associated with that revision. The name of the
- branch is called the revision's branch tag.
-
- Branch heads are revisions on a given named branch that do not have
- any descendants on the same branch. A branch head could be a true head
- or it could be the last changeset on a branch before a new branch
- was created. If none of the branch heads are true heads, the branch
- is considered inactive. If -c/--closed is specified, also show branch
- heads marked closed (see hg commit --close-branch).
-
- If STARTREV is specified only those heads (or branch heads) that
- are descendants of STARTREV will be displayed.
+ the named branch associated with the specified changeset(s).
+
+ Branch heads are changesets on a named branch with no descendants on
+ the same branch. A branch head could be a "true" (repository) head,
+ or it could be the last changeset on that branch before it was
+ merged into another branch, or it could be the last changeset on the
+ branch before a new branch was created. If none of the branch heads
+ are true heads, the branch is considered inactive.
+
+ If -c/--closed is specified, also show branch heads marked closed
+ (see hg commit --close-branch).
+
+ If STARTREV is specified, only those heads that are descendants of
+ STARTREV will be displayed.
"""
if opts.get('rev'):
start = repo.lookup(opts['rev'])