| Submitter | Siddharth Agarwal |
|---|---|
| Date | May 3, 2017, 9:07 p.m. |
| Message ID | <7e90b9553a02ef30fd28.1493845659@devvm028.frc2.facebook.com> |
| Download | mbox | patch |
| Permalink | /patch/20410/ |
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
Comments
On 5/3/17 22:07, Siddharth Agarwal wrote: > # HG changeset patch > # User Siddharth Agarwal <sid0@fb.com> > # Date 1493845634 25200 > # Wed May 03 14:07:14 2017 -0700 > # Node ID 7e90b9553a02ef30fd289736cfb559c83b6766e2 > # Parent 8ac7ac714e922fd34abe9f5a16fcf018c8b12abc > internals: document that "branches" is a legacy command As martinvonz helpfully pointed out on IRC, this should read "legacy wire command". Whoops! > > Modern clients use a different discovery mechanism. > > diff --git a/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt b/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt > --- a/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt > +++ b/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt > @@ -632,6 +632,9 @@ There is no trailing newline. > branches > -------- > > +(Legacy command used for discovery in old clients. Clients with ``getbundle`` > +use the ``known`` and ``heads`` commands instead.) > + > Obtain ancestor changesets of specific nodes back to a branch point. > > Despite the name, this command has nothing to do with Mercurial named branches. > _______________________________________________ > Mercurial-devel mailing list > Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org > https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
On Wed, 3 May 2017 22:13:17 +0100, Siddharth Agarwal wrote: > On 5/3/17 22:07, Siddharth Agarwal wrote: > > # HG changeset patch > > # User Siddharth Agarwal <sid0@fb.com> > > # Date 1493845634 25200 > > # Wed May 03 14:07:14 2017 -0700 > > # Node ID 7e90b9553a02ef30fd289736cfb559c83b6766e2 > > # Parent 8ac7ac714e922fd34abe9f5a16fcf018c8b12abc > > internals: document that "branches" is a legacy command > > As martinvonz helpfully pointed out on IRC, this should read "legacy > wire command". Whoops! Updated the commit summary and queued, thanks.
Patch
diff --git a/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt b/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt --- a/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt +++ b/mercurial/help/internals/wireprotocol.txt @@ -632,6 +632,9 @@ There is no trailing newline. branches -------- +(Legacy command used for discovery in old clients. Clients with ``getbundle`` +use the ``known`` and ``heads`` commands instead.) + Obtain ancestor changesets of specific nodes back to a branch point. Despite the name, this command has nothing to do with Mercurial named branches.