comparison mercurial/commands.py @ 15044:39eb2e86fb11 stable

commands: clarify that 'hg heads foo' shows heads on branch foo This is a FAQ: people try 'hg heads -r foo' and only see the tip-most branch heads on foo.
author Martin Geisler <mg@aragost.com>
date Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:56:58 +0200
parents 5e7f03cfeeb9
children c019df62de45 19071b04c9c1
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2516 where development generally takes place and are the usual targets 2516 where development generally takes place and are the usual targets
2517 for update and merge operations. Branch heads are changesets that have 2517 for update and merge operations. Branch heads are changesets that have
2518 no child changeset on the same branch. 2518 no child changeset on the same branch.
2519 2519
2520 If one or more REVs are given, only branch heads on the branches 2520 If one or more REVs are given, only branch heads on the branches
2521 associated with the specified changesets are shown. 2521 associated with the specified changesets are shown. This means
2522 that you can use :hg:`heads foo` to see the heads on a branch
2523 named ``foo``.
2522 2524
2523 If -c/--closed is specified, also show branch heads marked closed 2525 If -c/--closed is specified, also show branch heads marked closed
2524 (see :hg:`commit --close-branch`). 2526 (see :hg:`commit --close-branch`).
2525 2527
2526 If STARTREV is specified, only those heads that are descendants of 2528 If STARTREV is specified, only those heads that are descendants of