Mercurial > hg
changeset 1608:722fd16f6f8c
document revert command more accurately.
this fixes issue 87.
| author | Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:31:25 -0800 |
| parents | d72d27ee72b9 |
| children | c50bddfbc812 |
| files | doc/hg.1.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/hg.1.txt Thu Dec 29 14:59:19 2005 -0600 +++ b/doc/hg.1.txt Mon Jan 02 14:31:25 2006 -0800 @@ -497,9 +497,18 @@ aliases: mv revert [names ...]:: - Revert any uncommitted modifications made to the named files or - directories. This restores the contents of the affected files to - an unmodified state. + The revert command has two modes of operation. + + In its default mode, it reverts any uncommitted modifications made + to the named files or directories. This restores the contents of + the affected files to an unmodified state. + + Using the -r option, it reverts the given files or directories to + their state as of an earlier revision. This can be helpful to "roll + back" some or all of a change that should not have been committed. + + Revert modifies the working directory. It does not commit any + changes, or change the parent of the current working directory. If a file has been deleted, it is recreated. If the executable mode of a file was changed, it is reset.