Re: vc-update for bzr etc.

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> hg pull  -- fetches branch, never updates workspace or affects a
>>             branch outside of the workspace.
>
> That's OK: "cvs pull" is even further from the above, so my suggestion
> is not to "just pass `pull' to the backend command" but "run the normal
> command to update the current tree by bringing in changes from
> upstream".

The trouble is that for Bzr, the "normal command to update the current
tree" would be "bzr merge" (or "bzr merge --pull") if you're working in
a task branch.

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.

> 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".