[PATCH 1 of 3 STABLE] help: update help on bookmarks push/pull

David Soria Parra davidsp at fb.com
Wed Jun 11 23:03:32 CDT 2014


Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org> writes:

>  Bookmark
> -    Bookmarks are pointers to certain commits that move when
> -    committing. They are similar to tags in that it is possible to use
> -    bookmark names in all places where Mercurial expects a changeset
> -    ID, e.g., with :hg:`update`. Unlike tags, bookmarks move along
> -    when you make a commit.
> +    Bookmarks are lightweight pointers to commits. They are similar to
> +    tags in that it is possible to use bookmark names in all places
> +    where Mercurial expects a changeset ID, e.g., with
> +    :hg:`update`. Unlike tags, bookmarks move along when you make a
> +    commit.
I actually think the tag comparision should be removed as it is
confusing. It should say: "Bookmark names can used in all places where
Mercurial expects a changset". The current form of LIKE X except for
a,b,c also leads to people expecting behaviours which might not exist.

The rest of the patch is really nice. Thanks for working on that.

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