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improve --branch processing (and differentiate from # syntax)
Previously #foo and --branch foo were handled identically.
The behavior of #foo hasn't changed, but --branch now works like this:
1) If branchmap is not supported on the remote, the operation fails.
2) If branch is '.', substitute with branch of the working dir parent.
3) If branch exists remotely, its heads are expanded.
4) Otherwise, the operation fails.
Tests have been added for the new cases.
author | Sune Foldager <cryo@cyanite.org> |
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date | Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:46:09 +0200 |
parents | f91e5630ce7e |
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When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range, separated by the ":" character. The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified, it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions". If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order. A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5 gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.