view mercurial/help/multirevs.txt @ 23717:d8663e6153c1

namespaces: use namespace object instead of dictionary

This isn't as bad as the diff seems, it only looks like scary. In this patch,
we use the 'namespace' object instead of accessing keys in a dictionary.

This required the 'templatename' and 'names' method to change their
implementation. Later, we will remove these functions entirely due to a better
api.

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.