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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
author | Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com> |
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date | Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:07:26 -0700 |
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8 any command - those are seen in :hg:`help -v`, and can be specified before or | 8 any command - those are seen in :hg:`help -v`, and can be specified before or |
9 after the command. | 9 after the command. |
10 | 10 |
11 Every flag has at least a long name, such as --repository. Some flags may also | 11 Every flag has at least a long name, such as --repository. Some flags may also |
12 have a short one-letter name, such as the equivalent -R. Using the short or long | 12 have a short one-letter name, such as the equivalent -R. Using the short or long |
13 name is equivalent and has the same effect. | 13 name is equivalent and has the same effect. The long name may be abbreviated to |
14 any unambiguous prefix. For example, :hg:`commit --amend` can be abbreviated | |
15 to :hg:`commit --am`. | |
14 | 16 |
15 Flags that have a short name can also be bundled together - for instance, to | 17 Flags that have a short name can also be bundled together - for instance, to |
16 specify both --edit (short -e) and --interactive (short -i), one could use:: | 18 specify both --edit (short -e) and --interactive (short -i), one could use:: |
17 | 19 |
18 hg commit -ei | 20 hg commit -ei |