--- a/mercurial/revset.py Thu Jun 02 23:57:56 2022 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py Wed Jun 08 15:46:04 2022 +0200
@@ -1338,10 +1338,12 @@
@predicate(b'nodefromfile(path)')
def nodefromfile(repo, subset, x):
- """
- An alias for ``::.`` (ancestors of the working directory's first parent).
- If file pattern is specified, the histories of files matching given
- pattern in the revision given by startrev are followed, including copies.
+ """Read a list of nodes from the file at `path`.
+
+ This applies `id(LINE)` to each line of the file.
+
+ This is useful when the amount of nodes you need to specify gets too large
+ for the command line.
"""
path = getstring(x, _(b"nodefromfile require a file path"))
listed_rev = set()