[PATCH] rebase: clarify --source and --base documentation so it's less ambiguous

[Pierre-Yves David]

On 10/08/2014 10:43 AM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com>
> # Date 1412026314 14400
> #      Mon Sep 29 17:31:54 2014 -0400
> # Node ID 205bd6e5778956a22663ec1d81542c6bcdd40522
> # Parent  a1eb21f5caea4366310e32aa85248791d5bbfa0c
> rebase: clarify --source and --base documentation so it's less ambiguous

On the rebase documentation topic. The --rev option is waiting to be 
documented for 3 years now.

>
> I've been burned by these descriptions before, and others have as
> well. Hopefully this is more universally understandable.
>
> diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
> --- a/hgext/rebase.py
> +++ b/hgext/rebase.py
> @@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
>
>   @command('rebase',
>       [('s', 'source', '',
> -     _('rebase from the specified changeset'), _('REV')),
> +     _('rebase the specified changeset and its descendants'), _('REV')),
>       ('b', 'base', '',
> -     _('rebase the tree around the specified changeset without '
> -       'ancestors of dest'),
> +     _('rebase specified changeset and all ancestors which are not already'
> +       ' ancestors of the destination'),
>        _('REV')),
>       ('r', 'rev', [],
>        _('rebase these revisions'),
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-- 
Pierre-Yves David