* lisp/vc/vc-hg.el (vc-hg-previous-revision):
Use 'hg id' to retrieve it (bug#22032).
;;; Miscellaneous
(defun vc-hg-previous-revision (_file rev)
- (let ((newrev (1- (string-to-number rev))))
- (when (>= newrev 0)
- (number-to-string newrev))))
+ ;; We can't simply decrement by 1, because that revision might be
+ ;; e.g. on a different branch (bug#22032).
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (and (eq 0
+ (vc-hg-command t nil nil "id" "-n" "-r" (concat rev "^")))
+ ;; Trim the trailing newline.
+ (buffer-substring (point-min) (1- (point-max))))))
(defun vc-hg-next-revision (_file rev)
(let ((newrev (1+ (string-to-number rev)))