Can't create a branch

[Adrian Buehlmann]

On 10.10.2009 16:38, Octavian Râşniţă wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Under Windows XP, using Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.3.1) 
> I have tried to create and see a branch, but I couldn't do it.
> 
> Please tell me if I am doing something wrong or missing something:
> 
> E:\lucru\mercurial>md xxx
> E:\lucru\mercurial>cd xxx
> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>hg init
> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>echo foo > file.txt
> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>hg commit -A
> adding file.txt
> No username found, using 'Octavian at teddy' instead

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/TutorialInstall
on the bottom for how to configure a proper username

> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>hg branch stable

This sets the branch name 'stable' for the next commit

> marked working directory as branch stable

as this line tells you.

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WorkingDirectory
and http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Repository

> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>hg branches
> default                        0:3a959d20bb1d

You haven't committed anything yet for the branch stable,
So there is no such branch in the repository yet.
The branch will not be created unless you commit something
for it.

Change a file and commit it here.

> E:\lucru\mercurial\xxx>hg update stable
> abort: unknown revision 'stable'!