diff -r c6a3243567b6 -r 127d33e63d1a mercurial/revset.py --- a/mercurial/revset.py Thu Jun 02 23:57:56 2022 +0200 +++ b/mercurial/revset.py Wed Jun 08 15:46:04 2022 +0200 @@ -1338,10 +1338,12 @@ @predicate(b'nodefromfile(path)') def nodefromfile(repo, subset, x): - """ - An alias for ``::.`` (ancestors of the working directory's first parent). - If file pattern is specified, the histories of files matching given - pattern in the revision given by startrev are followed, including copies. + """Read a list of nodes from the file at `path`. + + This applies `id(LINE)` to each line of the file. + + This is useful when the amount of nodes you need to specify gets too large + for the command line. """ path = getstring(x, _(b"nodefromfile require a file path")) listed_rev = set()