hg log -G for bookmarks

Uwe Brauer oub at mat.ucm.es
Fri Feb 5 15:54:46 UTC 2016


>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Halberstadt <halbersa at gmail.com> writes:

   > You may be misunderstanding bookmarks.
   > A bookmark is a glorified tag. The difference being that it
   > automatically gets updated when you make a new commit (if it is
   > activated). Bookmarks aren't branches, but they can be used to replicate
   > a git-like branching workflow (which is probably where you got
   > confused). Unlike named branches, only a single commit is tagged with a
   > bookmark at a time.

Yeah correct. That confused me
Especially that

 hg branch master
 hg commit -m "3"

And

 hg bookmark master
 hg commit -m "3"

Are *not* equivalent, confused me. Now I understand.


   > You should read through [1] for more information.

Thanks for the pointer.

Uwe 




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