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/!\ This feature is experimental to be used only by experienced Mercurial user that understand underlying concept /!\ This feature is experimental, to be used only by experienced Mercurial users that understand the underlying concepts

Code repository: https://bitbucket.org/marmoute/mutable-history
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The `evolve` extension is an experimental implementation of the ChangesetEvolution concept. Most of it's content have been moved into core except: The `evolve` extension is an experimental implementation of the ChangesetEvolution concept. Most of its content has been moved into core except:
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 * the evolve command to automatically solves troubles
 * some user interface warning messages related to obsolescence changesets troubles,
 * the evolve command to automatically solve troubles
 * some user interface warning messages related to obsolete changeset troubles
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/!\ The evolve extension enables ChangesetEvolution feature. Changing somes of default Mercurial behavior. /!\ The evolve extension enables the ChangesetEvolution feature, changing some of Mercurial's default behavior.
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* history rewriting commands do not strip changesets anymore, they turn them obsolete.
* history rewriting commands accept to work on any changesets possibly creating unstable changesets
* pull and push exchanges obsolescence data with other evolve enabled repository (This may have performance impact)
 * history rewriting commands do not strip changesets anymore; they make them obsolete.
 * history rewriting commands will work on any changesets, possibly creating unstable changesets.
 * '''pull''' and '''push''' exchange obsolescence data with other evolve-enabled repositories - this may have a performance impact!
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 uncommit:: extracts changes from a commit
 fold:: gather changes from multiple changesets in a single one
 prune:: discard changesets (using obsolescence marker)
 touch:: replace a changesets with one with the same payload but with a different node
 gdown:: move to the parent of the current checkout changeset
 gdown:: move to the children of the current checkout changeset
 uncommit:: extracts changes from a commit into the working directory
 fold:: gathers changes from multiple changesets into a single one
 prune:: discards changesets (using obsolescence markers)
 touch:: replaces a changeset with a different one containing the same payload, but with a different hash
 gdown:: moves to the parent of the current changeset
 gup:: moves to the child of the current changeset
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 evolve:: automatically solve troubles affecting changesets  evolve:: automatically resolves troubles affecting changesets
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 * issue a warning when current working directory parent becomes obsolete
 * issue a warning when a commands result in more troubled changesets
 * a warning is issued when the current working directory parent becomes obsolete
 * a warning is issued when a command results in more troubled changesets
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  $ echo '[extensions]\nevolve=$PWD/mutable-history/hgext/evolve.py' >> ~/.hgrc   $ echo -e "\n[extensions]\nevolve=$PWD/mutable-history/hgext/evolve.py" >> ~/.hgrc

Evolve Extension

This extension is not distributed along with Mercurial releases

Author: Pierre-Yves David for Logilab

/!\ This feature is experimental, to be used only by experienced Mercurial users that understand the underlying concepts

Code repository: https://bitbucket.org/marmoute/mutable-history

1. Introduction

The evolve extension is an experimental implementation of the ChangesetEvolution concept. Most of its content has been moved into core except:

  • additional history rewriting commands
  • the evolve command to automatically solve troubles
  • some user interface warning messages related to obsolete changeset troubles

/!\ The evolve extension enables the ChangesetEvolution feature, changing some of Mercurial's default behavior.

  • history rewriting commands do not strip changesets anymore; they make them obsolete.
  • history rewriting commands will work on any changesets, possibly creating unstable changesets.
  • pull and push exchange obsolescence data with other evolve-enabled repositories - this may have a performance impact!

Current official home page: http://hg-lab.logilab.org/doc/mutable-history/html/

2. Additional Commands

uncommit
extracts changes from a commit into the working directory
fold
gathers changes from multiple changesets into a single one
prune
discards changesets (using obsolescence markers)
touch
replaces a changeset with a different one containing the same payload, but with a different hash
gdown
moves to the parent of the current changeset
gup
moves to the child of the current changeset
evolve
automatically resolves troubles affecting changesets

3. Additional UI Messages

  • a warning is issued when the current working directory parent becomes obsolete
  • a warning is issued when a command results in more troubled changesets

4. Setup

Setting up the evolve extension is simple:

  $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/marmoute/mutable-history -u stable
  $ echo -e "\n[extensions]\nevolve=$PWD/mutable-history/hgext/evolve.py" >> ~/.hgrc

/!\ Evolve requires the latest Mercurial version: 2.5

EvolveExtension (last edited 2017-08-30 12:42:33 by RyanMcElroy)