topics: add some noise to rewrittent changeset to prevent hash cycle
If we have a changeset with topic `x`, we change it's topic to `y`, fine.
When we change it's topic back again to `x`, we get the hash of the the
obsoleted changeset which had the topic `x` initially. The same happens for few
more cases like clearing the topic of a changeset which initially had no topic.
This approach is influenced from cmdutil.amend and other commands (rebase, histedit, etc…)
Topic Extension
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This packages also provides the ``topic`` experiment in an independent
extension. It implements a new experimental concept to provide lightweight
feature branches for the mutable parts of the history. The experiments is still
at an early stage and have significant usability and performance issues when
enabled.
How to Install
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The ``topic`` extension is included into the ``evolve` package, so the same instruction apply.
Using Pip
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You can install the latest version using pip::
$ pip install --user hg-evolve
Then just enable it in you hgrc::
$ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
[extensions]
topic =
From Source
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To install a local version from source::
$ hg clone https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/evolve/
$ cd evolve
$ make install-home
Enable
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The topic extensions is included in the evolve package. See the install instruction for evolve.
Then enable it in you configuration::
$ hg config --edit # adds the two line below:
[extensions]
topic =
Documentation
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* See 'hg help -e topic' for a generic help.
* See 'hg help topics' and 'hg help stack' for help on specific commands.
* See the 'tests/test-topic-tutorial.t' file for a quick tutorial.