hg clone vs hg clone -U

[Matt Mackall]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 09:48:01PM +1000, Chui Tey wrote:
> I've noticed a strange behavior on 0.9.4-win32.exe
> 
>    hg clone -U src dest
> 
> Works properly while
> 
>    hg clone src dest
> 
> Results in files in dest having the wrong versions
> in the working directory, necessitating
> 
>    hg revert -r tip --all
> 
> For the working directory to be identical to the src.
> 
> Am I missing something here?

Yes. Your tip is probably not on the default branch. Clone updates to the 'default' branch.. by default.

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