help: describe bundle compression methods (issue1523)
authorHenrik Stuart <hg@hstuart.dk>
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:49:49 +0200
changeset 8903 d403cf4eb32d
parent 8902 b9a8b616521d
child 8904 8be38b624902
help: describe bundle compression methods (issue1523)
mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sun May 31 03:09:00 2009 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jun 23 21:49:49 2009 +0200
@@ -482,9 +482,11 @@
     If no destination repository is specified the destination is
     assumed to have all the nodes specified by one or more --base
     parameters. To create a bundle containing all changesets, use
-    -a/--all (or --base null). To change the compression method
-    applied, use the -t/--type option (by default, bundles are
-    compressed using bz2).
+    -a/--all (or --base null).
+
+    To change the compression method applied, use the -t/--type
+    option. The available compression methods are: none, bzip2, and
+    gzip (by default, bundles are compressed using bzip2).
 
     The bundle file can then be transferred using conventional means
     and applied to another repository with the unbundle or pull