[PATCH] expand and clarify help for update

[Mathieu Clabaut]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com>wrote:

> On 30.10.2008 09:34, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
> >> expand and clarify help for update
> >
> > Like Giorgios, I think it's nice what you're trying to do here, but I
> don't
> > think making it this long is very effective. Trying to describe every
> little
> > corner case of update's behavior just means people won't read it all or
> get
> > scared of using it. Let's instead give people an idea of what the purpose
> is
> > (and what other commands could be used instead) and what the options are.
>
> As a side note, you might want to shorten things like 'hg help clone' then.
>

Too often I met not detail enough help.

I guess a two level help would be nice... One level that give people an idea
of what the purpose is and another one that describes every little corner
case.

-Mathieu
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