commands: remove suggestion to clone via `cp -al`
This was added in
2df98f616645 in 2006. This may be possible but it
seems like a bad idea to even suggest it.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D863
--- a/mercurial/commands.py Sat Sep 30 09:01:36 2017 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Sun Oct 01 10:17:11 2017 +0100
@@ -1339,18 +1339,6 @@
incorrectly, but do not report errors. In these cases, use the
--pull option to avoid hardlinking.
- In some cases, you can clone repositories and the working
- directory using full hardlinks with ::
-
- $ cp -al REPO REPOCLONE
-
- This is the fastest way to clone, but it is not always safe. The
- operation is not atomic (making sure REPO is not modified during
- the operation is up to you) and you have to make sure your
- editor breaks hardlinks (Emacs and most Linux Kernel tools do
- so). Also, this is not compatible with certain extensions that
- place their metadata under the .hg directory, such as mq.
-
Mercurial will update the working directory to the first applicable
revision from this list: