[PATCH] expand and clarify help for update

[Matt Mackall]

On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:16 -0400, Greg Ward wrote:
> On 30 October 2008, Andrei Vermel said:
> > I think the current help text for 'update'  is too many words.
> > It requires reading into it, it's hard to make sense at a glance.
> 
> Maybe that's just a symptom that 'update' is a complex, powerful, and
> rather tricky command.  When the documentation is too complex to follow,
> it might mean that the thing being described is just too complex.
> 
> Maaaaaybe 'update' is trying to do too much with one command.  It's not
> quite as bonkers as "git checkout", but so far in my experience with
> Mercurial, it seems to be the most complex and subtle command ... or at
> least, the most complex and subtle command that is used regularly.

See http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/CompatibilityRules

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