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rename `stabilize` to `evolve` stabilize keep being valide but as Matt still like "Changeset Evolution" as a name evolve make more sense. Stabilize is a bit too tight to unstable too.
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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.
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Rewrite a changeset: ``amend``
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A new command ``hg amend`` is added by the extension. It writes a new
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changeset combining working-directory parent changes and parent. It
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will work on any `draft` or `secret` changeset. It will not work on
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`public` changesets.
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To understand what the result of amend will be I use the two following
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aliases  [#]_::
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    # diff what amend will look likes
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    pdiff=diff --rev .^
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    # status what amend will look likes
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    pstatus=status --rev .^
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It takes various options to pick an author, a date and the branch of the
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result... (see ``hg help amend`` for details).
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This command can even be invoked on changesets with children (provided
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none is public) !
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.. note:: the amend command is very similar to mq's ``qrefresh``, a ``refresh``
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          alias for amend is also available. But note that contrary to
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          ``qrefresh``, ``amend`` does not exclude changes on file not specified
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          on the command line.
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          XXX add idank example
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.. [#] (added by enable.sh)
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Move a changeset: ``graft``
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The graft command introduced in 2.0 allows to "copy changes from other
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branches onto the current branch".
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The graft command has been altered to allow the creation of an
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(actually recording changeset movements).
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This is achieved using a new flag `-O` (or `old-obsolete`) [#]_.
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.. warning:: when using graft --continue after conflict resolution you **MUST**
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             pass `-O` or `-o` flag again because they are not saved for now
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.. [#] add this `-O` to graft instead of a dedicated command is probably
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       abusive. But this was very convenient for experimental purposes.
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       This will likely change in non experimental release.
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Delete a changeset: ``prune``
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A new ``prune`` command allows removing a changeset.
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Just use ``hg prune <some-rev>``.
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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
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can use ``hg gup`` to move to children commit or ``hg gdown`` to move to working
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.. note:: those command only exist for the convenience of getting qpush and qpop
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          feeling back.
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you can use amend -c to collapse multiple changeset in a single one.
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appears again as "modified"::
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If you need fine-grained split, there is no official command for that yet.
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However, it is easily achieved by manual operation::
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  ### you want to split changeset A: 42
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  # update to A parent
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  # partially commit the first part
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