[Python-Dev] hg diff

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 08.03.2011 11:30, schrieb Stephen J. Turnbull:
> "Martin v. Löwis" writes:
>
>   >  >  However, as Michael points out, you can have your tools generate the
>   >  >  patch.  For example, it shouldn't be too hard to add a dynamic patch
>   >  >  generator to Roundup (although I haven't thought about the UI or the
>   >  >  CPU burden).
>
>   >  For Mercurial, that's more difficult than you might expect. There is "hg
>   >  incoming -p", but it has the nasty problem that it may produce
>   >  multiple patches for a single file.
>
> Doesn't "hg diff -r 'ancestor(branch,default)::branch'", where "branch"
> is the unmerged branch you would like to inspect, do the right thing?

What would I specify as "branch" if all I have is 
"http://bitbucket.com/turnbull/foo", and know that it must be the 
default branch?

Regards,
Martin