pulkit added a comment.
In https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5475#81060, @yuja wrote: > > _('set branch name even if it shadows an existing branch')), > > ('C', 'clean', None, _('reset branch name to parent branch name')), > > ('r', 'rev', [], _('change branches of the given revs (EXPERIMENTAL)')), > > > > + ('s', 'show', None, _('show branch name of the given rev')) > > > > ], > > _('[-fC] [NAME]'), > > helpcategory=command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_ORGANIZATION) > > > > @@ -1097,6 +1098,11 @@ > > > > ui.write("%s\n" % repo.dirstate.branch()) > > return > > > > > > + elif opts.get('show') and label: > > + ctx = scmutil.revsingle(repo, label) > > + ui.write("%s\n" % ctx.branch()) > > + return > > How about adding the -r/--rev option to the branches command instead? > > I came to this idea while working on the issue4505, tag sorting. I haven't sent > the patch yet because I noticed we would also want to sort tags > lexicographically, which can't be achieved by the revset. But at least, tags, > branches, and bookmarks can be filtered by the -r/--rev option. > > https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4505 > > branch, tag, and bookmark (without -l) are basically the commands to mutate > the repository, and the -r option of the branch command is highly experimental. > IIRC, @pulkit regrets of adding `branch -r`. Yep I do. I don't think it's a good UI. It should either be part of commands like metaedit, or should be moved to a change-branch extension for now. REPOSITORY rHG Mercurial REVISION DETAIL https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5475 To: navaneeth.suresh, #hg-reviewers Cc: yuja, pulkit, mercurial-devel _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
