# HG changeset patch # User Matt Mackall # Date 1307476457 18000 # Node ID 99a7cd924636d517e5b87b81310d8eaf20962a32 # Parent 02cb342950d35ddd258153db1b808be22cef744f revert: replace mention of 'roll back' with pointer to 'backout' diff -r 02cb342950d3 -r 99a7cd924636 mercurial/commands.py --- a/mercurial/commands.py Tue Jun 07 14:51:18 2011 -0500 +++ b/mercurial/commands.py Tue Jun 07 14:54:17 2011 -0500 @@ -4098,10 +4098,11 @@ state and unschedules adds, removes, copies, and renames. Using the -r/--rev or -d/--date options, revert the given files or - directories to their contents as of a specific revision. This can - be helpful to "roll back" some or all of an earlier change. - Because revert does not change the working directory parents, this - will cause these files to appear modified. + directories to their contents as of a specific revision. Because + revert does not change the working directory parents, this will + cause these files to appear modified. This can be helpful to "back + out" some or all of an earlier change. + If names are given, all files matching the names are reverted. If no arguments are given, no files are reverted.