changeset 3018:b9dbbcf8a488

Document the fact that revert might overwrite .orig files
author Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
date Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:26:58 +0200
parents ea2a9c13afc6
children d5cdf25bab74 d838bfac668d
files doc/hg.1.txt doc/hgrc.5.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/hg.1.txt
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ FILES
     global /etc/mercurial/hgrc configuration.  See hgrc(5) for details of
     the contents and format of these files.
 
+Some commands (e.g. revert) produce backup files ending in .orig, if
+the .orig file already exists and is not tracked by Mercurial, it
+will be overwritten.
+
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