Concept Table

The revctrl Rosetta stone. Table of concepts available to revision control systems and (if available) the corresponding commands.

concept	bzr	darcs	hg	svn
branch	`branch`	`get`	`clone`	`copy`
checkout	`checkout`	see branch	`update`	`checkout`
commit locally	`commit --local`	`record`	`commit`	na
commit to repo	`commit`	see push/send	see push	`commit`
create new repository	`init`	`init`	`init`	`import`
diff local	`diff`	`whatsnew`	`diff`	`diff`
diff repos or versions	`diff`	`diff`	`incoming`/`outgoing`/`diff -r`	`diff`
file copy	na	na	`copy`	`copy`
file move	`mv`	`mv`	`move`	`move`
log	`log`	`changes`	`log`	`log`
manifest	`ls`	`query manifest`	`manifest`	`ls`
pull	`pull`	`pull`	`pull`	`update`
push	`push`	`push`	`push`	na
revert	`revert`	`revert`	`revert`	`revert`
send by mail	`merge-directive --mail-to`	`send`	`email` (with patchbomb extension)
summarise local changes	`status`	`whatsnew -s`	`status`	`status`
summarise remote changes	`missing --theirs-only`	`pull --dry-run`	`incoming`	`update`?
tag changes/revisions	`tag`	`tag`	`tag`	`copy`
update from repo	`update`	see pull	`pull -u`	`update`

Concepts

manifest - to see what files are under version control
tag changes/revisions - to mark a certain revision, or set of changes as special in some way, like "PRERELEASE", or "2.0.3"
what's the difference between pull and "update from repo"?

Notes

na - this concept is not available in this revctrl system
see... - this concept is not available, but the revctrl system uses a different concept in its place

See also

Rosetta Stone from a Darcs perspective