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branch: make --force work even when specifying revs The `hg branch` command accepts a `--force` parameter that allows to "set branch name even if it shadows an existing branch". However, before this patch, that didn’t work when specifying revs with `-r`.
author Manuel Jacob <me@manueljacob.de>
date Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:39:23 +0100
parents 1b59287a1cfa
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Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install::

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing::

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.