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Vocabulary

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.. note:: all terminology is subject to change

:obsolete marker:

    express a relation from 0..n new changesets to 1 old changeset

:obsolete changesets:

    non public changeset which is marked by an obsolete marker

:unstable changeset:

    changeset not obsolete but with obsolete ancestor

:extinct changeset:

    obsolete changeset without unstable descendant

:suspended changeset:

    obsolete changeset with unstable descendant

:obsolete-parents:

    previous versions of a changeset, through a direct obsolete marker.

:obsolete-children:

    new versions of a changeset, through a direct obsolete marker.

:obsolete-ancestors:

    previous versions of a changeset, through any number of obsolete marker

:obsolete-descendant:

    new versions of a changeset, through any number of obsolete marker

:obsolete-diff:

    diff between a changeset and its obsolete parent

:obsolete-tip:

    obsolete-descendants which are not obsolete themselves.

:conflicting changeset:

    multiple obsolete-tip for an obsolete changeset through diverging obsolete

    markers (no changeset split marker)