http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue1306
Initialize remote repo with branches:
$ hg init remote
$ cd remote
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Ama
adding a
$ hg branch br
marked working directory as branch br
$ hg ci -Amb
$ echo c > c
$ hg ci -Amc
adding c
$ hg log
changeset: 2:1630aed6ed2b
branch: br
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: c
changeset: 1:234f53e6c5ff
branch: br
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: b
changeset: 0:cb9a9f314b8b
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: a
$ cd ..
Try cloning -r branch:
$ hg clone -rbr remote local1
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files
updating to branch br
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg -R local1 parents
changeset: 2:1630aed6ed2b
branch: br
tag: tip
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: c
Try cloning -rother clone#branch:
$ hg clone -r0 remote#br local2
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg -R local2 parents
changeset: 0:cb9a9f314b8b
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: a
Try cloning -r1 clone#branch:
$ hg clone -r1 remote#br local3
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files
updating to branch br
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg -R local3 parents
changeset: 1:234f53e6c5ff
branch: br
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: b