Is there a term in Mercurial for a pull followed by an update?

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In git this would be just a pull, but in Mercurial pull and update are separate operations. I hate having to say "do a pull and update" when telling someone how to grab the latest code, because it's so wordy. Is there a word for "pull and update" I can substitute this with?

(different from alleged "duplicate" question because I'm asking about terminology, not actual commands)

Note that there used to be a command spelled `hg fetch` that was short for pull-then-update. This is particularly nasty since then `git fetch` = `hg pull` while `git pull` = `hg fetch`! :-) — torek, Jan 17 '19 at 07:07
Possible duplicate of [Mercurial command to combine hg pull; hg up](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15241394/mercurial-command-to-combine-hg-pull-hg-up) — StayOnTarget, Jan 17 '19 at 12:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '19 at 17:30

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No. You can tell them to do hg pull --update or hg pull -u. You could also make a shell alias that does that and call it something.

answered Jan 16 '19 at 17:30

ngoldbaum

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This is the best answer. You can also add --rebase. – Craig Jan 17 '19 at 16:49
Given the problematic aspects of `fetch`, a reasonable word to use informally (and perhaps as a user-defined alias for `hg pull -u`) would be "resync". – peak Jan 18 '19 at 11:12

Is there a term in Mercurial for a pull followed by an update?

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