Mercurial > hg
changeset 11007:a0102da324ab stable
commands: revised documentation of 'default' and 'default-push'
This patch was a collaborative effort between faheem, mg, timeless and
ilowe.
| author | Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:44:06 +0530 |
| parents | bb377a311109 |
| children | af2a58ab4182 18e81d42ee5c |
| files | mercurial/commands.py |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py Mon Apr 26 14:40:34 2010 +0200 +++ b/mercurial/commands.py Tue Apr 27 00:44:06 2010 +0530 @@ -2349,10 +2349,16 @@ Path names are defined in the [paths] section of /etc/mercurial/hgrc and $HOME/.hgrc. If run inside a repository, .hg/hgrc is used, too. - The names 'default' and 'default-push' have a special meaning. - They are the locations used when pulling and pushing respectively - unless a location is specified. When cloning a repository, the - clone source is written as 'default' in .hg/hgrc. + The path names ``default`` and ``default-push`` have a special + meaning. When performing a push or pull operation, they are used + as fallbacks if no location is specified on the command-line. + When ``default-push`` is set, it will be used for push and + ``default`` will be used for pull; otherwise ``default`` is used + as the fallback for both. When cloning a repository, the clone + source is written as ``default`` in ``.hg/hgrc``. Note that + ``default`` and ``default-push`` apply to all inbound (e.g. ``hg + incoming``) and outbound (e.g. ``hg outgoing``, ``hg email`` and + ``hg bundle``) operations. See 'hg help urls' for more information. """