diff mercurial/help/revisions.txt @ 16740:43cfe56121d3

help: include bookmarks in 'help revisions' and simplify wording
author Kevin Bullock <kbullock@ringworld.org>
date Wed, 16 May 2012 10:29:11 -0500
parents f91e5630ce7e
children 4edd179fefb8
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--- a/mercurial/help/revisions.txt	Sun May 13 14:00:58 2012 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/help/revisions.txt	Wed May 16 10:29:11 2012 -0500
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix
 of exactly one full-length identifier.
 
-Any other string is treated as a tag or branch name. A tag name is a
-symbolic name associated with a revision identifier. A branch name
-denotes the tipmost revision of that branch. Tag and branch names must
-not contain the ":" character.
+Any other string is treated as a bookmark, tag, or branch name. A
+bookmark is a movable pointer to a revision. A tag is a permanent name
+associated with a revision. A branch name denotes the tipmost revision
+of that branch. Bookmark, tag, and branch names must not contain the ":"
+character.
 
-The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the
-most recent revision.
+The reserved name "tip" always identifies the most recent revision.
 
 The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision. This is the
 revision of an empty repository, and the parent of revision 0.