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glossary: add entry for "Branch, inactive"
| author | Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net> |
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| date | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:59:37 +0200 |
| parents | 9d905b9769af |
| children | 9b842c8fb4df 8e56928e8991 |
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| 39 The branch assigned to a changeset when no name has previously been | 39 The branch assigned to a changeset when no name has previously been |
| 40 assigned. | 40 assigned. |
| 41 | 41 |
| 42 Branch head | 42 Branch head |
| 43 See 'Head, branch'. | 43 See 'Head, branch'. |
| 44 | |
| 45 Branch, inactive | |
| 46 If a named branch has no topological heads, it is considered to be | |
| 47 inactive. As an example, a feature branch becomes inactive when it | |
| 48 is merged into the default branch. The :hg:`branches` command | |
| 49 shows inactive branches by default, though they can be hidden with | |
| 50 :hg:`branches --active`. | |
| 51 | |
| 52 NOTE: this concept is deprecated because it is too implicit. | |
| 53 Branches show now be explicitly closed using :hg:`commit | |
| 54 --close-branch` when they are no longer needed. | |
| 44 | 55 |
| 45 Branch, named | 56 Branch, named |
| 46 A collection of changesets which have the same branch name. By | 57 A collection of changesets which have the same branch name. By |
| 47 default, children of a changeset in a named branch belong to the | 58 default, children of a changeset in a named branch belong to the |
| 48 same named branch. A child can be explicitly assigned to a | 59 same named branch. A child can be explicitly assigned to a |