Re: vc-update for bzr etc.

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Chong Yidong writes:

 > I remain confused about what the intended use of "bzr pull" is.  As far
 > as I can tell, it's only used if someone wants a mirror of another
 > branch that is never modified.  But that seems like the less important
 > case.

Yes and yes.  Even the bzr developers admit that it's mainly there to
have symmetry with "push".

 > > Based on what you say, vc-pull for Mercurial would not just do "hg
 > > pull" but something more.
 > 
 > Apparently, that would be "hg update tip".

hg pull -u = hg pull + hg update tip.