Mercurial > hg-stable
changeset 34393:aea6344e989b
commands: remove suggestion to clone via `cp -al`
This was added in 2df98f616645 in 2006. This may be possible but it
seems like a bad idea to even suggest it.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D863
| author | Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:17:11 +0100 |
| parents | 6797f1fbc642 |
| children | fffd3369aa83 |
| files | mercurial/commands.py |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py Sat Sep 30 09:01:36 2017 +0100 +++ b/mercurial/commands.py Sun Oct 01 10:17:11 2017 +0100 @@ -1339,18 +1339,6 @@ incorrectly, but do not report errors. In these cases, use the --pull option to avoid hardlinking. - In some cases, you can clone repositories and the working - directory using full hardlinks with :: - - $ cp -al REPO REPOCLONE - - This is the fastest way to clone, but it is not always safe. The - operation is not atomic (making sure REPO is not modified during - the operation is up to you) and you have to make sure your - editor breaks hardlinks (Emacs and most Linux Kernel tools do - so). Also, this is not compatible with certain extensions that - place their metadata under the .hg directory, such as mq. - Mercurial will update the working directory to the first applicable revision from this list: