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backout: add a note about not working on merges
authorMatt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:28:13 -0500
changeset 15210 9d8115c5fbda
parent 15209 10f85a735601
child 15211 1209de02034e
backout: add a note about not working on merges
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Oct 08 13:23:57 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Oct 08 13:28:13 2011 -0500
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@
     is committed automatically. Otherwise, hg needs to merge the
     changes and the merged result is left uncommitted.
 
+    .. note::
+      backout cannot be used to fix either an unwanted or
+      incorrect merge.
+
     .. container:: verbose
 
       By default, the pending changeset will have one parent,
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