--- a/doc/hg.1.txt Mon Sep 10 15:00:19 2007 -0700
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt Tue Sep 11 13:24:52 2007 -0700
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@
The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies
the most recent revision.
+ The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the
+ revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.
+
+ The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent. If
+ no working directory is checked out, it is equivalent to null.
+ If an uncommitted merge is in progress, "." is the revision of
+ the first parent.
+
SPECIFYING MULTIPLE REVISIONS
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