# HG changeset patch # User FUJIWARA Katsunori # Date 1380553954 -32400 # Node ID 1aaefba2a3a9dc8b37d29b9c437876407e87c16f # Parent fab753424e785840bf3b1487897d876db6c0e927 histedit: add more detailed help about "--outgoing" diff -r fab753424e78 -r 1aaefba2a3a9 hgext/histedit.py --- a/hgext/histedit.py Tue Oct 01 00:12:34 2013 +0900 +++ b/hgext/histedit.py Tue Oct 01 00:12:34 2013 +0900 @@ -466,6 +466,15 @@ With --outgoing, this edits changesets not found in the destination repository. If URL of the destination is omitted, the 'default-push' (or 'default') path will be used. + + For safety, this command is aborted, also if there are ambiguous + outgoing revisions which may confuse users: for example, there are + multiple branches containing outgoing revisions. + + Use "min(outgoing() and ::.)" or similar revset specification + instead of --outgoing to specify edit target revision exactly in + such ambiguous situation. See :hg:`help revsets` for detail about + selecting revisions. """ # TODO only abort if we try and histedit mq patches, not just # blanket if mq patches are applied somewhere