remove a changeset from repository

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 06:46:08PM -0700, Chris Quenelle wrote:
> If someone comes up with an answer, maybe we could add it here:
> 
> http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/TipsAndTricks
> 
> --chris
> 
> 
> solo turn wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > what is the easiest way to remove (purge, destroy) a changeset out of
> > a repository?
> > 
> > use case:
> > a user pushed a 300mb binary program directory into the central
> > repository. nobody needs it, it slows down our backup, and clones of
> > the rep. so we would like to remove this changeset.

The standard answer is strip and transplant.

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