# HG changeset patch
# User Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org>
# Date 2011-01-16 16:26:34
# Node ID 952baa2f3325039daaefa40519885d89a9ce6fbd
# Parent  1e0d631b843b83ab58b68667b34c3b3c0a630dec

addchangegroup: document the current locking semantics

diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1672,6 +1672,8 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
         """Add the changegroup returned by source.read() to this repo.
         srctype is a string like 'push', 'pull', or 'unbundle'.  url is
         the URL of the repo where this changegroup is coming from.
+        If lock is not None, the function takes ownership of the lock
+        and releases it after the changegroup is added.
 
         Return an integer summarizing the change to this repo:
         - nothing changed or no source: 0