Some thoughts about Mercurial bookmarks

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Jensen, Aaron <ajensen at webmd.net> wrote:

> > 2. Calling hg update moves the bookmark automatically
> >
> > This issue bugs me because I didn't expect that hg update would move a
> > bookmark.
>
> +1
>
> I couldn't agree more. This is the only reason we don't recommend
> widespread use of bookmarks. I'm quite flabbergasted at this design choice.


In fact, I just (30 seconds ago) got bitten by this myself. I have a
bookmark for an old release. I updated to that bookmark, issued a new
release, ran "hg update -C" to get back to the tip of the repo – and the
bookmark came with me. This is not just baffling, it's plain wrong.
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