Mercurial > hg
changeset 9303:c9d71b317832
Merge with crew-stable
| author | Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:28:09 +0200 |
| parents | ad4501d20214 (current diff) 73bec717b825 (diff) |
| children | 9219037fc0a6 |
| files | mercurial/help.py |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mercurial/help.py Mon Aug 03 00:19:01 2009 +0200 +++ b/mercurial/help.py Mon Aug 03 10:28:09 2009 +0200 @@ -265,22 +265,21 @@ Mercurial supports several ways to specify individual revisions. A plain integer is treated as a revision number. Negative integers - are treated as topological offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting - the tip. As such, negative numbers are only useful if you've - memorized your local tree numbers and want to save typing a single - digit. This editor suggests copy and paste. + are treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting + the tip, -2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth. A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision identifier. A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a - unique revision identifier, and referred to as a short-form + unique revision identifier and is referred to as a short-form identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix of exactly one full-length identifier. - Any other string is treated as a tag name, which is a symbolic - name associated with a revision identifier. Tag names may not - contain the ":" character. + Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is + a symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch + name denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch + names must not contain the ":" character. The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the most recent revision.