Mercurial command to combine hg pull; hg up

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How can I combine the Mercurial commands hg pull and hg update into one?

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '13 at 10:27

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Obviously, hg pull -u is the answer here.

However, there's a caveat that deserves mentioning: hg pull -u is not exactly equivalent to hg pull && hg update. This is briefly mentioned in the documentation, but it can be surprising if you first run into it; if there's nothing to pull (e.g. no new changesets came in), then hg pull -u doesn't update. This can be slightly confusing if you weren't on a head before issuing the command.

answered Mar 06 '13 at 10:27

djc

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Does TortoiseHg have an equivalent? – User Dec 10 '13 at 00:30
Unfortunately, since `hg pull -u` does exactly what djc describes, I have had to resort to the `hg pull && hg update` as the only way to get this to work like "git pull", thanks for the tip. – rogerdpack May 21 '14 at 16:58
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@User - In TortoiseHg you can go to 'Settings' > 'Sync' > 'After Pull Operation' and select "update" from the drop down to do an automatic update after a pull. The hints at the bottom of the page say that it "equates" to `pull --update`. – Tim Tisdall Nov 26 '15 at 14:06

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 07:36

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type hg help pull and you will see the -u switch

answered Mar 06 '13 at 07:36

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 08:33

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You can use:

hg pull -u

Read the documentation for more options.

answered Mar 06 '13 at 08:33

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 21 '14 at 16:53

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The hg fetch extension will do the same once enabled. However, it has fallen out of favor and is noted as an "unloved feature" by the Mercurial team.

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answered Mar 06 '13 at 21:20

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Mercurial command to combine hg pull; hg up

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