[PATCH 1 of 4 V6 STABLE] revert: be more explicit that changes are lost

[Adrian Buehlmann]

On 2011-06-21 06:11, Kevin Bullock wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Kevin Bullock <kbullock at ringworld.org>
> # Date 1308626152 18000
> # Branch stable
> # Node ID 10a8c14a8fdca3d00fee266b3af949f2bd5d74e5
> # Parent  848a6658069eb88a920ac3ec1220c0c53fae9d0e
> revert: be more explicit that changes are lost
> 
>  BEFORE:
>    $ hg revert
>    abort: no files or directories specified
>    (use --all to revert all files)
> 
>  AFTER:
>    $ hg revert
>    abort: no files or directories specified
>    (use --all to discard all changes)
> 
> diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
> --- a/mercurial/commands.py
> +++ b/mercurial/commands.py
> @@ -4182,7 +4182,7 @@
>  
>      if not pats and not opts.get('all'):
>          raise util.Abort(_('no files or directories specified'),
> -                         hint=_('use --all to revert all files'))
> +                         hint=_('use --all to discard all changes'))
>  
>      ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, opts.get('rev'))
>      node = ctx.node()
> diff --git a/tests/test-confused-revert.t b/tests/test-confused-revert.t
> --- a/tests/test-confused-revert.t
> +++ b/tests/test-confused-revert.t
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
>  
>    $ hg revert
>    abort: no files or directories specified
> -  (use --all to revert all files)
> +  (use --all to discard all changes)
>    [255]
>  
>  Revert should be ok now:
> diff --git a/tests/test-revert.t b/tests/test-revert.t
> --- a/tests/test-revert.t
> +++ b/tests/test-revert.t
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
>  
>    $ hg revert -rtip
>    abort: no files or directories specified
> -  (use --all to revert all files)
> +  (use --all to discard all changes)
>    [255]
>  
>  should succeed

+1
An improvement compared to the status quo