comparison mercurial/helptext/flags.txt @ 44933:33ef8841da62

help: explain in `hg help flags` that unambiguous prefixes are allowed

I used `hg commit --amend` as an example because that's the most
frequently used flag I could think of that doesn't yet have a short
form.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8607

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any command - those are seen in :hg:`help -v`, and can be specified before or
after the command.

Every flag has at least a long name, such as --repository. Some flags may also
have a short one-letter name, such as the equivalent -R. Using the short or long
name is equivalent and has the same effect.

Flags that have a short name can also be bundled together - for instance, to
specify both --edit (short -e) and --interactive (short -i), one could use::

    hg commit -ei

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any command - those are seen in :hg:`help -v`, and can be specified before or
after the command.

Every flag has at least a long name, such as --repository. Some flags may also
have a short one-letter name, such as the equivalent -R. Using the short or long
name is equivalent and has the same effect. The long name may be abbreviated to
any unambiguous prefix. For example, :hg:`commit --amend` can be abbreviated
to :hg:`commit --am`.

Flags that have a short name can also be bundled together - for instance, to
specify both --edit (short -e) and --interactive (short -i), one could use::

    hg commit -ei