Given changesets A & B, is there a command to tell if B is a descendant of A?
Assume that B is a descendant of A, but there are many changesets in between. I’m just trying to get a yes/no answer about this relationship.
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Given changesets A & B, is there a command to tell if B is a descendant of A?
Assume that B is a descendant of A, but there are many changesets in between. I’m just trying to get a yes/no answer about this relationship.
Answer: Use a revset
hg log -r “A and B::”
if you use tortosehg, then use the following in the search window. The parens are key