--- a/mercurial/commands.py Wed Jan 23 22:52:55 2013 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Fri Jan 25 11:06:30 2013 -0600
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@
repositories to support bookmarks. For versions prior to 1.8, this means
the bookmarks extension must be enabled.
+ If you set a bookmark called '@', new clones of the repository will
+ have that revision checked out (and the bookmark made active) by
+ default.
+
With -i/--inactive, the new bookmark will not be made the active
bookmark. If -r/--rev is given, the new bookmark will not be made
active even if -i/--inactive is not given. If no NAME is given, the
@@ -1146,6 +1150,9 @@
tag will include the tagged changeset but not the changeset
containing the tag.
+ If the source repository has a bookmark called '@' set, that
+ revision will be checked out in the new repository by default.
+
To check out a particular version, use -u/--update, or
-U/--noupdate to create a clone with no working directory.