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tag: warn users about tag/branch possible name conflicts As reported recently, Mercurial users can easily find confusion when using a common name for a tag and a branch. It seems reasonable to warn them about this potential outcome, to avoid that "surprise". * Explain briefly the issue in "hg help tag" * Warn when tagging a revision
author Nicolas Dumazet <nicdumz.commits@gmail.com>
date Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:41:12 +0900
parents 51d0387523c6
children 37d1b20168d1
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Apr 19 11:31:19 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Apr 19 17:41:12 2010 +0900
@@ -3209,6 +3209,9 @@
     shared among repositories).
 
     See :hg:`help dates` for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.
+
+    Since tag names have priority over branch names during revision
+    lookup, using an existing branch name as a tag name is discouraged.
     """
 
     rev_ = "."