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Evolve How To

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Add a changeset: ``commit``

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Just use commit as usual. New changesets will be in the `draft` phase.

Rewrite a changeset: ``amend``

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A new command ``hg amend`` is added by the extension. It writes a new

changeset combining working-directory parent changes and parent. It

will work on any `draft` or `secret` changeset. It will not work on

`public` changesets.

To understand what the result of amend will be I use the two following

aliases  [#]_::

    # diff what amend will look likes

    pdiff=diff --rev .^

    # status what amend will look likes

    pstatus=status --rev .^

It takes various options to pick an author, a date and the branch of the

result... (see ``hg help amend`` for details).

This command can even be invoked on changesets with children (provided

none is public) !

.. note:: the amend command is very similar to mq's ``qrefresh``, a ``refresh``

          alias for amend is also available. But note that contrary to

          ``qrefresh``, ``amend`` does not exclude changes on file not specified

          on the command line.

          XXX add idank example

.. [#] (added by enable.sh)

Move a changeset: ``graft``

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The graft command introduced in 2.0 allows to "copy changes from other

branches onto the current branch".

The graft command has been altered to allow the creation of an

obsolete marker indicating both the result cset and its source

(actually recording changeset movements).

This is achieved using a new flag `-O` (or `old-obsolete`) [#]_.

XXX example

.. warning:: when using graft --continue after conflict resolution you **MUST**

             pass `-O` or `-o` flag again because they are not saved for now

.. [#] add this `-O` to graft instead of a dedicated command is probably

       abusive. But this was very convenient for experimental purposes.

       This will likely change in non experimental release.

Delete a changeset: ``kill``

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A new ``kill`` command allows removing a changeset.

Just use ``hg kill <some-rev>``.

Moving within the history: ``up`` ``gdown`` and ``gup``

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While working on mutable part of the history you often need to move between

mutable commit.

You just need to use standard update to work with evolve. For convenience, you

can use ``hg gup`` to move to children commit or ``hg gdown`` to move to working

directory parent commit.

.. note:: those command only exist for the convenience of getting qpush and qpop

          feeling back.

Collapse changesets: ``amend``

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you can use amend -c to collapse multiple changeset in a single one.

Split a changeset

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There is no official command to split a changeset. However is it easily achieved

by manual operation::

  ### you want to split changeset A: 42

  # update to A parent

  $ hg up 42^

  # restore content from A

  $ hg revert -r 42 --all

  # partially commit the first part

  $ hg record

  # commit the second part

  $ hg commit

  # informs mercurial of what appened

  # current changeset (.) and previous one (.^) replace A (42)

  $ hg kill --new . --new .^ 42

Move multiple changesets: ``rebase``

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You can still use rebase to move a whole segment of the changeset graph together.

.. warning:: Beware that rebasing obsolete changesets will result in

             conflicting versions of the changesets.

Stabilize history: ``stabilize``

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When you rewrite (amend) a changeset with children without rewriting

those children you create *unstable* changesets and *suspended

obsolete* changesets.

When you are finished amending a given changeset, you will want to

declare it stable, in other words rebase its former descendants on its

newest version. This is not done automatically to avoid the

proliferation of useless hidden changesets.

.. warning:: ``hg stabilize`` have no --continue to use after conflict

             resolution

.. warning:: stabilization does not handle deletion yet.

.. warning:: obsolete currently relies on changesets in secret phase

              to avoid exchanging obsolete and unstable changesets.

             XXX details issue here

Fix my history afterward: ``kill -n``

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Sometimes you need to create an obsolete marker by hand. This may happen when

upstream has applied some of your patches for example.

you can use ``hg kill --new <new-changeset> <old-changeset>`` to add obsolete

marker.

Export to mq: ``synchronize``

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Another extension allows to export.

View change to your file

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Another extension allows to export.

View diff from the last amend

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An ``odiff`` alias have been added by ``enable.sh``

:: 

    [alias]

    odiff = diff --rev 'limit(obsparents(.),1)' --rev .

View obsolete markers

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hgview is the only viewer that support this feature. You need an experimental

version available here:

    $ hg clone http://hg-dev.octopoid.net/hgwebdir.cgi/hgview/

Important Note

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View change to your file

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Extinct changesets are hidden using the *hidden* feature of mercurial.

Only ``hg log`` and ``hgview`` support it. ``hg glog`` or other visual viewer don't.