unbundle works strangely

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Tue Dec 13 15:58:53 UTC 2005


On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 04:31:16PM +0100, Stefan Reich?r wrote:
> Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> writes:
> 
> > Unbundle is like pull, it doesn't update automatically.
> >
> > Why? Pulling/unbundling lets you examine all the updates before
> > applying them to your working dir, with the possibility of running
> > undo if you don't like what was in the pull/bundle.
> 
> Since I am new to mercurial, how can I examine the updates before
> applying them?
> 
> I tried "hg help", but none of the commands seem to allow the
> examination at first sight.

Some possibilities:

hg serve             # view in your web browser
hg diff -r tip       # view all changes as a diff
hg log -v -p | less  # view each change as a patch

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