warning message when adding large files

[Martin Geisler]

timeless <timeless at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
>>> I don't understand why it suggests using "revert".  Shouldn't that
>>> be "forget"?
>>
>> They'll both give the same result, moving the file from added to
>> unknown.
>
> Offhand, I think i'd like to see us use 'forget' in this message.

I like revert since it might remind people that 'hg revert' is how you
remove lines from the output of 'hg status':

  $ hg status
  M a
  ! b
  R c
  $ hg revert a b c
  $ hg status

That is not true for 'hg forget' which wont restore deleted files or
revert modified files.

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Martin Geisler

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