Noted. I've read the help documentation and -b is the right option for what Peter is looking for. I'll see whether it's already supported in JavaHg and implement it if needed.
2017-12-06 1:05 GMT+01:00 David Watson <[email protected]>: > git clone doesn't support a revision specifier, but hg clone definitely > does (hg clone -r; it's in the manpage). > > I haven't worked on this project in eons, but I know at least that much. :D > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 2:24 PM Amenel Voglozin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As far as I know, you cannot "select" the part of a DVCS repository that >> you want to clone. It's either the entire repository or nothing; if I'm not >> mistaken, this is also the case with Git, but I barely know Git and >> actually, I barely know Mercurial because each of these is capable of so >> much more than my basic usage of them. You can, to a limited extent, select >> in the **Push** window which changesets you are sharing. >> >> The Synchronize option you mentioned is meant (I'll have to double check >> this) for when you already have a copy of a repo and both have diverged: >> you may then elect to only synchronize one branch, meaning that you are >> only interested in one branch. >> >> There is no official documentation for **all** the options and settings, >> and such a thing is a gaping hole in the project to which I have alluded in >> the past. Therefore I had started to collect the meanings while doing the >> maintenance but it is definitely not ripe for publishing nor complete. Far >> from it, actually. >> >> About "How can we get it to only pull one branch.", please open a entry >> on the issue tracker and paste the contents of your MercurialEclipse >> console there. >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> 2017-12-05 19:11 GMT+01:00 Peter Kronenberg <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> We created a clone of just a single branch in our repo by specifying the >>> branch name on the clone screen: >>> >>> [image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/j1OKE.png] >>> >>> >>> >>> But when we do a pull, it pulls everything from including other >>> branches. We tried setting this option in Preferences: >>> >>> [image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/DXtuF.png] >>> >>> but it doesn't seem to have any effect, or at least no affect that we >>> can see. >>> >>> >>> How can we get it to only pull one branch. >>> >>> >>> Is there any documentation for all the various options and settings? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MercurialEclipse" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MercurialEclipse" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MercurialEclipse" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MercurialEclipse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
