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check out an ancestor commit

Update to an ancestor commit of the current commit. When working with a stack of commits, you can use sl previous to move down your stack with ease.

• Use the --newest flag to always pick the newest of multiple parents commits. You can set amend.alwaysnewest to true in your global Sapling config file to make this the default.

• Use the --merge flag to bring along uncommitted changes to the destination commit.

• Use the --bookmark flag to move to the first ancestor commit with a bookmark.

Examples:

• Move 1 level down the stack:

sl prev

• Move 2 levels down the stack:

sl prev 2

• Move to the bottom of the stack:

sl prev --bottom

arguments

shortname	fullname	default	description
	--newest	false	always pick the newest parent when a commit has multiple parents
	--bottom	false	update to the lowest non-public ancestor of the current commit
	--bookmark	false	update to the first ancestor with a bookmark
	--no-activate-bookmark	false	do not activate the bookmark on the destination commit
-C	--clean	false	discard uncommitted changes (no backup)
-B	--move-bookmark	false	move active bookmark
-m	--merge	false	merge uncommitted changes
-c	--check	false	require clean working directory