Re: [Monotone-devel] mtn log with -b?

[William Uther]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:27:32 +1000, Daniel Carosone wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:15:44PM +0900, Boris wrote:
> >  Is there any good reason why mtn log doesn't accept a branch name  
> > (with the
> >  command line option -b)? If I want to check briefly a branch  
> > created by
> >  someone else I have to checkout the branch first?
>
> It will take a revision argument, including a selector.  So what you
> want is probably "mtn log -r h:the.branch.name"

Well, yes and no.  You've solved the immediate problem, but I still  
think the question is a valid one:  Why isn't a -b <branch> argument  
to mtn log a synonym for -r h:<branch>?

I've added it to the wishlist in the wiki.  Shouldn't be a big  
change, but I don't have time right now.

Will          :-}