--- a/mercurial/commands.py Tue Dec 05 16:33:40 2006 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Tue Dec 05 13:41:42 2006 -0800
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@
necessary. The file '.hg/localtags' is used for local tags (not
shared among repositories).
"""
- if name in ['tip', '.']:
+ if name in ['tip', '.', 'null']:
raise util.Abort(_("the name '%s' is reserved") % name)
if rev_ is not None:
ui.warn(_("use of 'hg tag NAME [REV]' is deprecated, "
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py Tue Dec 05 16:33:40 2006 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py Tue Dec 05 13:41:42 2006 -0800
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@
key = self.dirstate.parents()[0]
if key == nullid:
raise repo.RepoError(_("no revision checked out"))
+ elif key == 'null':
+ return nullid
n = self.changelog._match(key)
if n:
return n