| author | Greg Ward <greg@gerg.ca> |
| Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:23:11 -0500 | |
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When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified |
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individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range, |
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separated by the ":" character. |
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The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are |
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revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not |
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specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified, |
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it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions". |
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If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order. |
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A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5 |
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gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6. |