update -r $old_version, what now tells me $old_version?

[Allan Wind]

On 2007-04-26T08:54:42-0500, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
> Are you being sarcastic?

Not at all.   

> How did you perform "hg clone -r $old_version" without knowing the
> value of "$old_version"? 

I obviously know $old_version at the time of the clone (or update was
the inital question), but some time may elapse between this action and
when you want to check in stuff and perhaps need that again.


/Allan