[Monotone-devel] [bug #29835] 'update -b' fails where 'update -r h:b' succeeds

[Thomas Keller]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #29835 (project monotone):

There is a third mode:

3. with branch and revision: updates to the specified revision if one of its
branch certs matches the given branch name (note also #29843), otherwise
aborts

I agree that the behaviour of -b branch vs -r h:branch is somewhat odd, and
especially at the beginning I found that somewhat confusing as well. But if we
make --branch foo mean h:foo, we're effectively overloading the meaning of
this option in other places and this could create a bigger mess IMHO.

I'd go one step back and would ask if we really need the ability of switching
the workspace revision only with a branch argument... is that actually used by
anybody? I certainly always trigger -rh: and only give it another -b option if
the target revision's branch doesn't match my current branch and contains
ambigious branch certs...

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