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Update documentation of hg tag # HG changeset patch # User Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> # Node ID 8fc9bfabae06cba91b05c265545bcce2654dab2f # Parent 7369ec5d93f2ffd490a43970edd9adf8d2bbe269 Update documentation of hg tag This updates the FAQ, manpage and adds hg tag to the list of commands in README. Index: hg/README ===================================================================
author Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl>
date Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:23:34 -0800
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327 C = changed 327 C = changed
328 A = added 328 A = added
329 R = removed 329 R = removed
330 ? = not tracked 330 ? = not tracked
331 331
332 tag [-t <text> -d <datecode> -u <user>] <name> [revision]:: 332 tag [-l -t <text> -d <datecode> -u <user>] <name> [revision]::
333 Name a particular revision using <name>. 333 Name a particular revision using <name>.
334 334
335 Tags are used to name particular revisions of the repository and are 335 Tags are used to name particular revisions of the repository and are
336 very useful to compare different revision, to go back to significant 336 very useful to compare different revision, to go back to significant
337 earlier versions or to mark branch points as releases, etc. 337 earlier versions or to mark branch points as releases, etc.
342 they are stored as a file named ".hgtags" which is managed 342 they are stored as a file named ".hgtags" which is managed
343 similarly to other project files and can be hand-edited if 343 similarly to other project files and can be hand-edited if
344 necessary. 344 necessary.
345 345
346 options: 346 options:
347 -l, --local make the tag local
347 -t, --text <text> message for tag commit log entry 348 -t, --text <text> message for tag commit log entry
348 -d, --date <datecode> datecode for commit 349 -d, --date <datecode> datecode for commit
349 -u, --user <user> user for commit 350 -u, --user <user> user for commit
350 351
351 Note: Mercurial also has support for "local tags" that are not 352 Note: Local tags are not version-controlled or distributed and are
352 version-controlled or distributed which are stored in the .hg/hgrc 353 stored in the .hg/localtags file. If there exists a local tag and
353 file. 354 a public tag with the same name, local tag is used.
354 355
355 tags:: 356 tags::
356 List the repository tags. 357 List the repository tags.
357 358
358 This lists both regular and local tags. 359 This lists both regular and local tags.