HG(BOOKMARKS) HG(BOOKMARKS)

hg bookmarks - create a new bookmark or list existing bookmarks

hg bookmarks [OPTIONS]... [NAME]...

Bookmarks are labels on changesets to help track lines of development. Bookmarks are unversioned and can be moved, renamed and deleted. Deleting or moving a bookmark has no effect on the associated changesets.

Creating or updating to a bookmark causes it to be marked as 'active'. The active bookmark is indicated with a '*'. When a commit is made, the active bookmark will advance to the new commit. A plain hg update will also advance an active bookmark, if possible. Updating away from a bookmark will cause it to be deactivated.

Bookmarks can be pushed and pulled between repositories (see hg help push and hg help pull). If a shared bookmark has diverged, a new 'divergent bookmark' of the form 'name@path' will be created. Using hg merge will resolve the divergence.

Specifying bookmark as '.' to -m/-d/-l options is equivalent to specifying the active bookmark's name.

A bookmark named '@' has the special property that hg clone will check it out by default if it exists.

Template:

The following keywords are supported in addition to the common template keywords and functions such as {bookmark}. See also hg help templates.

Boolean. True if the bookmark is active.

Examples:

  • create an active bookmark for a new line of development: 
    hg book new-feature
  • create an inactive bookmark as a place marker: 
    hg book -i reviewed
  • create an inactive bookmark on another changeset: 
    hg book -r .^ tested
  • rename bookmark turkey to dinner: 
    hg book -m turkey dinner
  • move the '@' bookmark from another branch: 
    hg book -f @
  • print only the active bookmark name: 
    hg book -ql .

force
revision for bookmark action
delete a given bookmark
rename a given bookmark
mark a bookmark inactive
list existing bookmarks
display with template

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