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master 14b54ce: Document how to create a branch for Git/Mercurial
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Robert Pluim |
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master 14b54ce: Document how to create a branch for Git/Mercurial |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:41:23 -0500 (EST) |
branch: master
commit 14b54cea1756f4d66c7376c55cf4aa88e8c3c0c3
Author: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Commit: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Document how to create a branch for Git/Mercurial
* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (Creating Branches): Add instructions
for git/Mercurial.
---
doc/emacs/maintaining.texi | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index bc276c4..2750418 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1611,6 +1611,10 @@ branch ID for a branch starting at the current revision.
For example,
if the current revision is 2.5, the branch ID should be 2.5.1, 2.5.2,
and so on, depending on the number of existing branches at that point.
+ This procedure will not work for distributed version control systems
+like git or Mercurial. For those systems you should use the prefix
+argument to @code{vc-create-tag} (@kbd{C-u C-x v s}) instead.
+
To create a new branch at an older revision (one that is no longer
the head of a branch), first select that revision (@pxref{Switching
Branches}). Your procedure will then differ depending on whether you
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