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filectx: shortcut unrelated files in ancestor() (issue1327)
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
date Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:07:45 -0600
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1 Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions.
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3 A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers are
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4 treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip,
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5 -2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth.
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7 A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
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8 identifier.
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10 A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
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11 unique revision identifier and is referred to as a short-form
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12 identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix
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13 of exactly one full-length identifier.
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15 Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is a
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16 symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch name
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17 denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch names must
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18 not contain the ":" character.
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20 The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the
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21 most recent revision.
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23 The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the
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24 revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.
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26 The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If no
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27 working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null. If an
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28 uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of the first
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29 parent.