Heads from merged branches

[Steve Barnes]

On 05/12/13 03:06, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Pierre-Yves David
> <pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:36:21PM +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Pierre-Yves David
>>> <pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>>>> On 12/01/2013 10:36 PM, Mathieu Courtois wrote:
>>>>> Or you can enable default options:
>>>>>
>>>>> [defaults]
>>>>> heads = --topo
>>>>
>>>> Default options are a discouraged practice:
>>>>
>>>> Defaults are a bad idea. They are deprecated. Don't use them. Don't
>>>> recommend them. Forget they existed. Use aliases.
>>>>
>>>> More details on this on the related wiki page:
>>>> http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Defaults
>>> An interesting point. I guess changing logical behaviour to default
>>> will also break automation, so it will never happen.
>> Exactly.
>>
>> I recommend the reading ot this: http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/CompatibilityRules
> I guess that then the only way to get VCS for humans is to write a
> shim app with legit [1] interface. Can such app with filtered API and
> polished user experience be provided by Mercurial project itself?
>
> 1. http://www.git-legit.org/
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You have tried tortoisehg havent you?  Alternatively the mercurial 
authors have provided the alias mechanism if you need to change the 
names or need short cuts.

Personally I find the mercurial user experience very polished compared 
to many that I have used - try sccs, csv, pvsc, VisualSorceSafe, Oracle 
Dimensions to name just a few.

Gadget/Steve