[RFC] wiki pages about Mercurial commands

[Christian Ebert]

* Adrian Buehlmann on Friday, April 25, 2008 at 22:13:53 +0200
> After some recent discussion initiated by Doug on the list [1],
> I've changed the page about the "hg revert" command on the wiki.
> 
> Specifically, I'm referring to:
> http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Revert?action=recall&rev=19
> 
> thus presenting a prototype for how a wiki page about a Mercurial
> command might look.
> 
> On top is a direct link into the relevant section of the html
> version of the man page (hg.1.html#revert) -- instead of
> copy/pasting that text, as Doug rightfully criticized.
> 
> Since the current version of hg.1.html at the official URL [2] is
> outdated and contains no anchors, I've temporarily uploaded an updated
> version of hg.1.html somewhere else on the web as a proof of concept
> (see also my pending patch [3]).
> 
> Of course, I would prefer to have the html page at the official URL
> updated by Matt, as I don't want to spam the wiki with external
> links to domains of my own.
> 
> Opinions? Suggestions?

While even I understand the logic for not doubling the
information, personally I didn't mind to have the manual being
hammered into me in more than one place.

Of course keeping the online manual up to date would be a good
thing -- perhaps use version control ;)

Thanks for all the work on the wiki, Adrian.

c
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