Mercurial > hgbook
changeset 181:d4570b8c78bd
Be more explicit about the behaviour of copy with modified files.
| author | Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:23:11 -0700 |
| parents | 6413f88338df |
| children | c005d0181c0b |
| files | en/daily.tex |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/en/daily.tex Fri Mar 30 23:20:27 2007 -0700 +++ b/en/daily.tex Fri Mar 30 23:23:11 2007 -0700 @@ -247,9 +247,11 @@ When you use the \hgcmd{copy} command, Mercurial makes a copy of each source file as it currently stands in the working directory. This -means that if you make some modifications to a file, then copy it -without first having committed those changes, the new copy will -contain your modifications. +means that if you make some modifications to a file, then \hgcmd{copy} +it without first having committed those changes, the new copy will +also contain the modifications you have made up until that point. (I +find this behaviour a little counterintuitive, which is why I mention +it here.) The \hgcmd{copy} command acts similarly to the Unix \command{cp} command (you can use the \hgcmd{cp} alias if you prefer). The last