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changeset 181:d4570b8c78bd
Be more explicit about the behaviour of copy with modified files.
author | Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> |
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date | Fri Mar 30 23:23:11 2007 -0700 (2007-03-30) |
parents | 6413f88338df |
children | c005d0181c0b |
files | en/daily.tex |
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1.1 --- a/en/daily.tex Fri Mar 30 23:20:27 2007 -0700 1.2 +++ b/en/daily.tex Fri Mar 30 23:23:11 2007 -0700 1.3 @@ -247,9 +247,11 @@ 1.4 1.5 When you use the \hgcmd{copy} command, Mercurial makes a copy of each 1.6 source file as it currently stands in the working directory. This 1.7 -means that if you make some modifications to a file, then copy it 1.8 -without first having committed those changes, the new copy will 1.9 -contain your modifications. 1.10 +means that if you make some modifications to a file, then \hgcmd{copy} 1.11 +it without first having committed those changes, the new copy will 1.12 +also contain the modifications you have made up until that point. (I 1.13 +find this behaviour a little counterintuitive, which is why I mention 1.14 +it here.) 1.15 1.16 The \hgcmd{copy} command acts similarly to the Unix \command{cp} 1.17 command (you can use the \hgcmd{cp} alias if you prefer). The last