Clearcase

[Pierre-Yves David]

On 01/16/2015 12:36 PM, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2015, 11:33:25 schrieb Pierre-Yves David:
>>> In CC, one can at least change the comments.
>>> That's more than you can do with plain Mercurial.
>>
>> -really- outdated.
>
> Totally outdated, given that I already wrote working examples of using your evolve extension¹ in 2013: http://draketo.de/light/english/mercurial/hg-evolve-2013-01-12
>
> But maybe “plain” meant “without any extensions”.

`hg commit --amend` is shipped for years in core.

MQ was there for ever, rebase and histedit are there for a long time too.

>
> In that case: If a tool allows adaption to the user, then it’s always possible to find a setup which doesn’t do what you want. It’s important to keep in mind, though, that Mercurial extensions are free and easy to get. And they can even be setup site-wide by an administrator, so the cost in worktime is pretty small, too.
>
> Besides: I’d wish, evolve were shipped with Mercurial, so I wouldn’t have to update it when I update Mercurial. That would reduce the cost even further: `echo '[extensions]' >> ~/.hgrc; echo 'evolve=' >> ~/.hgrc`

I'd wish the development effort on evolve was stronger so that it was 
less obviously wobbly and foot gunny for newby ;-)

Cheers, (and says hi to you legion of babies)


-- 
Pierre-Yves David