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

[Derek Scherger]

William Uther wrote:
> 
> 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>?

We should also add something so that log will *stay* on that branch and
not go wandering all over creation having started from a revision on the
branch you're interested in.

Cheers,
Derek