Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-05 Thread Javi Merino
tag 611420 +fixed-upstream +pending On 02/02/11 08:35, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Javi Merino wrote: > >> As I said in the bug report, I think the mailing list >> (mercurial-de...@selenic.com) would be appropriate for this. They are >> not prone to flame and are generally friendly. > > I finally f

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
forwarded 611420 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.mercurial.devel/37948 quit Javi Merino wrote: > As I said in the bug report, I think the mailing list > (mercurial-de...@selenic.com) would be appropriate for this. They are > not prone to flame and are generally friendly. I fi

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-01 Thread Vincent Danjean
Hi, On 01/02/2011 22:45, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Don't we want mercurial to be usable by people who have never used a > version control system before? That's why I wrote my actual > impressions --- it's not like I'm making this up... Just a remark about this bug report : I think that docume

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Javi Merino wrote: > On 29/01/11 05:13, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> - "working directory" does not mean what 'pwd' prints but what >>other version control systems call a checkout or working tree. > > git also considers working directory to be "the directory that holds the > current checkout of

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Javi Merino wrote: > Maybe this is better worded than the backout description, but I don't > really see what is wrong with the original one. Propose your change in > mercurial-de...@selenic.com and discuss it there, but I think > "changeset", "merge" and "revert" are common concepts of VCSs, hence

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-02-01 Thread Javi Merino
tags 611420 wontfix thanks On 29/01/11 05:13, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > The hg manpage describes "hg backout" like so: > > | hg backout [OPTION]... [-r] REV > | > | The backout command merges the reverse effect of the reverted > | changeset into the working directory. > > Based on the glossary,

Bug#611420: hg.1: description of backout command is confusing

2011-01-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Package: mercurial-common Version: 1.7.3-1 Severity: minor Tags: upstream Hi, The hg manpage describes "hg backout" like so: | hg backout [OPTION]... [-r] REV | | The backout command merges the reverse effect of the reverted | changeset into the working directory. Based on the glossary, it see