changeset 6350:6aa4a3fa4e60

update: no -C needed to switch branches without outstanding changes
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
date Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:30:08 -0500
parents 6aaf5b1d8f15
children eed0a6a05096
files mercurial/commands.py mercurial/merge.py tests/test-merge5 tests/test-merge5.out
diffstat 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Mar 22 19:01:09 2008 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Mar 22 13:30:08 2008 -0500
@@ -2750,15 +2750,15 @@
     tip of the current branch if none is specified.
     See 'hg help dates' for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.
 
-    If there are no outstanding changes in the working directory and
-    there is a linear relationship between the current version and the
-    requested version, the result is the requested version.
-
-    To merge the working directory with another revision, use the
-    merge command.
-
-    By default, update will refuse to run if doing so would require
-    discarding local changes.
+    If there are no outstanding changes in the working directory, the
+    result is the requested version.
+
+    If the requested version is a descendant of the working directory
+    and there are outstanding changes, those changes will be merged
+    into the result.
+
+    By default, update will refuse to run if there are outstanding
+    changes and the update spans branches.
     """
     if rev and node:
         raise util.Abort(_("please specify just one revision"))
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Sat Mar 22 19:01:09 2008 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Sat Mar 22 13:30:08 2008 -0500
@@ -364,8 +364,11 @@
                     raise util.Abort(_("there is nothing to merge, just use "
                                        "'hg update' or look at 'hg heads'"))
         elif not (overwrite or branchmerge):
-            raise util.Abort(_("update spans branches, use 'hg merge' "
-                               "or 'hg update -C' to lose changes"))
+            if wc.files() or wc.deleted():
+                raise util.Abort(_("update spans branches, use 'hg merge' "
+                                   "or 'hg update -C' to lose changes"))
+            # Allow jumping branches if there are no changes
+            overwrite = True
         if branchmerge and not forcemerge:
             if wc.files() or wc.deleted():
                 raise util.Abort(_("outstanding uncommitted changes"))
--- a/tests/test-merge5	Sat Mar 22 19:01:09 2008 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-merge5	Sat Mar 22 13:30:08 2008 -0500
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@
 hg update 0
 rm b
 hg commit -A -m"comment #2" -d "1000000 0"
+mv a c
 # in theory, we shouldn't need the "-y" below, but it prevents
 # this test from hanging when "hg update" erroneously prompts the
 # user for "keep or delete"
+echo % should abort
+hg update -y 1
+mv c a
+echo % should succeed
 hg update -y 1
 
 exit 0
--- a/tests/test-merge5.out	Sat Mar 22 19:01:09 2008 +0100
+++ b/tests/test-merge5.out	Sat Mar 22 13:30:08 2008 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 removing b
 created new head
+% should abort
 abort: update spans branches, use 'hg merge' or 'hg update -C' to lose changes
+% should succeed
+1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved