test branch selection options $ hg init branch $ cd branch $ hg branch a marked working directory as branch a (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?) $ echo a > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -Ama adding foo $ echo a2 > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -ma2 $ hg up 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg branch c marked working directory as branch c $ echo c > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -mc $ hg tag -l z $ cd .. $ hg clone -r 0 branch branch2 adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files updating to branch a 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd branch2 $ hg up 0 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg branch b marked working directory as branch b $ echo b > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -mb $ hg up 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg --encoding utf-8 branch æ marked working directory as branch \xc3\xa6 (esc) $ echo ae1 > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -mae1 $ hg up 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg --encoding utf-8 branch -f æ marked working directory as branch \xc3\xa6 (esc) $ echo ae2 > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -mae2 created new head $ hg up 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg branch -f b marked working directory as branch b $ echo b2 > foo $ hg ci -d '0 0' -mb2 created new head unknown branch and fallback $ hg in -qbz abort: unknown branch 'z'! [255] $ hg in -q ../branch#z 2:f25d57ab0566 $ hg out -qbz abort: unknown branch 'z'! [255] in rev c branch a $ hg in -qr c ../branch#a 1:dd6e60a716c6 2:f25d57ab0566 $ hg in -qr c -b a 1:dd6e60a716c6 2:f25d57ab0566 out branch . $ hg out -q ../branch#. 1:b84708d77ab7 4:65511d0e2b55 $ hg out -q -b . 1:b84708d77ab7 4:65511d0e2b55 out branch . non-ascii $ hg --encoding utf-8 up æ 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg --encoding latin1 out -q ../branch#. 2:df5a44224d4e 3:4f4a5125ca10 $ hg --encoding latin1 out -q -b . 2:df5a44224d4e 3:4f4a5125ca10 clone branch b $ cd .. $ hg clone branch2#b branch3 adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) updating to branch b 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg -q -R branch3 heads b 2:65511d0e2b55 1:b84708d77ab7 $ hg -q -R branch3 parents 2:65511d0e2b55 $ rm -rf branch3 clone rev a branch b $ hg clone -r a branch2#b branch3 adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) updating to branch a 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg -q -R branch3 heads b 2:65511d0e2b55 1:b84708d77ab7 $ hg -q -R branch3 parents 0:5b65ba7c951d $ rm -rf branch3