doc fix: hg tags defaults to current parent revision, too.
Additionally use better language for the help text for tag,
cat and manifest.
--- a/mercurial/commands.py Sat Dec 16 22:33:39 2006 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Sat Dec 16 22:58:10 2006 +0100
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@
"""output the current or given revision of files
Print the specified files as they were at the given revision.
- If no revision is given then working dir parent is used, or tip
- if no revision is checked out.
+ If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
+ or tip if no revision is checked out.
Output may be to a file, in which case the name of the file is
given using a format string. The formatting rules are the same as
@@ -1744,8 +1744,8 @@
"""output the current or given revision of the project manifest
Print a list of version controlled files for the given revision.
- If no revision is given then working dir parent is used, or tip
- if no revision is checked out.
+ If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
+ or tip if no revision is checked out.
The manifest is the list of files being version controlled. If no revision
is given then the first parent of the working directory is used.
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@
ui.write(' %s%s' % (copied, end))
def tag(ui, repo, name, rev_=None, **opts):
- """add a tag for the current tip or a given revision
+ """add a tag for the current or given revision
Name a particular revision using <name>.
@@ -2412,7 +2412,8 @@
very useful to compare different revision, to go back to significant
earlier versions or to mark branch points as releases, etc.
- If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used.
+ If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
+ or tip if no revision is checked out.
To facilitate version control, distribution, and merging of tags,
they are stored as a file named ".hgtags" which is managed
--- a/tests/test-globalopts.out Sat Dec 16 22:33:39 2006 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-globalopts.out Sat Dec 16 22:58:10 2006 +0100
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
serve export the repository via HTTP
showconfig show combined config settings from all hgrc files
status show changed files in the working directory
- tag add a tag for the current tip or a given revision
+ tag add a tag for the current or given revision
tags list repository tags
tip show the tip revision
unbundle apply a changegroup file
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
serve export the repository via HTTP
showconfig show combined config settings from all hgrc files
status show changed files in the working directory
- tag add a tag for the current tip or a given revision
+ tag add a tag for the current or given revision
tags list repository tags
tip show the tip revision
unbundle apply a changegroup file