Adapting workflow to a DVCS from a CVCS

[Mark A. Flacy]

On 10/24/2008 12:00:40 AM, dhruva wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Doug Simon <Doug.Simon at sun.com>  
> wrote:
> > With Mercurial, I'm struggling to see how I can replicate this.  
> AFAIK,
> > all inter-repository Mercurial commands operate at the granularity  
> of
> > changesets. However, I'm still a little daunted by how permanent
> > Mercurial changesets are. I certainly don't want to be creating  
> changesets for
> > incomplete work.
> 
> You could use MQ (mercurial queue) extension to manage tracked
> versions of patches. You could use rebase to merge multiple changes to
> fewer changesets.

YMMV.  I've found the MQ extension to be a monumental pain in the ass  
to work with, which is probably a minority opinion.

It's easy to merge changesets, however, so I wouldn't worry too much  
about that.

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Mark A. Flacy