require: provide a link to a wiki page in addition of suggesting upgrade
The wiki page is intended to describe several solution to the requirement issue.
Some of those solutions does not involve upgrading mercurial. That is very
useful for people that can't easily upgrade they Mercurial in some place.
$ "$TESTDIR/hghave" serve || exit 80
#if no-outer-repo
no repo
$ hg id
abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
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#endif
create repo
$ hg init test
$ cd test
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Ama
adding a
basic id usage
$ hg id
cb9a9f314b8b tip
$ hg id --debug
cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b tip
$ hg id -q
cb9a9f314b8b
$ hg id -v
cb9a9f314b8b tip
with options
$ hg id -r.
cb9a9f314b8b tip
$ hg id -n
0
$ hg id -t
tip
$ hg id -b
default
$ hg id -i
cb9a9f314b8b
$ hg id -n -t -b -i
cb9a9f314b8b 0 default tip
with modifications
$ echo b > a
$ hg id -n -t -b -i
cb9a9f314b8b+ 0+ default tip
other local repo
$ cd ..
$ hg -R test id
cb9a9f314b8b+ tip
#if no-outer-repo
$ hg id test
cb9a9f314b8b+ tip
#endif
with remote http repo
$ cd test
$ hg serve -p $HGPORT1 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
$ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
$ hg id http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
cb9a9f314b8b
remote with rev number?
$ hg id -n http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
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remote with tags?
$ hg id -t http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
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remote with branch?
$ hg id -b http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
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test bookmark support
$ hg bookmark Y
$ hg bookmark Z
$ hg bookmarks
Y 0:cb9a9f314b8b
* Z 0:cb9a9f314b8b
$ hg id
cb9a9f314b8b+ tip Y/Z
$ hg id --bookmarks
Y Z
test remote identify with bookmarks
$ hg id http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
cb9a9f314b8b Y/Z
$ hg id --bookmarks http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
Y Z
$ hg id -r . http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
cb9a9f314b8b Y/Z
$ hg id --bookmarks -r . http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
Y Z
Make sure we do not obscure unknown requires file entries (issue2649)
$ echo fake >> .hg/requires
$ hg id
abort: unknown repository format: requires features 'fake' (upgrade Mercurial)!
(see http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MissingRequirement for details)
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$ cd ..
#if no-outer-repo
$ hg id test
abort: unknown repository format: requires features 'fake' (upgrade Mercurial)!
(see http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MissingRequirement for details)
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#endif