Concatenating changesets

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 12:36:49PM -0800, John D. Mitchell wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2007 11:00 AM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > > Is combining changesets a bad idea (amd I still thinking in CVS),
> > > or are there other, faster ways to do this with hg?
> >
> > I think yes, it's a bad idea. But various people are fond of it. And
> > there are various faster ways to do it. Mq is probably the preferred method.
> 
> Why do you think it's a bad idea?  Especially if you like the use of
> mq (in general, if not for this specific use case)?

A changeset should be a single well-defined change. Which means it
generally should be small. Combining changesets is generally (but not
always) a step in the wrong direction.

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