[PATCH in crew] help: document '@' bookmark in 'help bookmarks' and 'help clone'
Kevin Bullock
kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org
Fri Jan 25 11:08:56 CST 2013
# HG changeset patch
# User Kevin Bullock <kbullock at ringworld.org>
# Date 1359133590 21600
# Branch stable
# Node ID e031e10cdc06a9708cd77f7518b6a6d817eeec10
# Parent 692cbda1eb50fe30c70792cb1e9380b28769467c
help: document '@' bookmark in 'help bookmarks' and 'help clone'
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ def bookmark(ui, repo, mark=None, rev=No
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 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, **opts)
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.
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