# HG changeset patch
# User Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
# Date 2019-04-05 18:30:52
# Node ID 4b86f4f199a97bbb2f2c62d43398fdc3b4a92a00
# Parent  362726923ba3671b741e345cacf07f6abef27661

revset: short docstring for checkstatus

This is where all the action happens for the status-related revsets,
and a little documentation doesn't hurt.

diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -598,6 +598,12 @@ def bundle(repo, subset, x):
     return subset & bundlerevs
 
 def checkstatus(repo, subset, pat, field):
+    """Helper for status-related revsets (adds, removes, modifies).
+    The field parameter says which kind is desired:
+    0: modified
+    1: added
+    2: removed
+    """
     hasset = matchmod.patkind(pat) == 'set'
 
     mcache = [None]