view mercurial/help/multirevs.txt @ 27584:fc7c8cac6a4b

revset: use decorator to register a function as revset predicate

Using decorator can localize changes for adding (or removing) a revset
predicate function in source code.

It is also useful to pick predicates up for specific purpose. For
example, subsequent patch marks predicates as "safe" by decorator.

This patch defines 'parsefuncdecl()' in 'funcregistrar' class, because
this implementation can be uesd by other decorator class for fileset
predicate and template function.

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.