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

[Kevin Bullock]

On Jun 11, 2014, at 11:03 PM, David Soria Parra <davidsp at fb.com> wrote:

> 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.

I agree, and I thought about including that change. At this point I could just as easily do a follow-up patch.

I'll wait a day or two to see if anyone wants to bikeshed further, then crew these.

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