feature proposal: named branches without named branches

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Arne Babenhauserheide writes:

>     # create repo with wrong branch name
>     hg init foo
>     cd foo
>     echo 1 > 1
>     hg ci -Am 1
>     echo stable > 1
>     hg branch stapling
>     hg ci -m stable
>     echo stable2 > 1
>     hg ci -m stable2
>     # change the initial choice of the branch name
>     hg up 1
>     hg branch stable
>     hg amend # notes that there is an unstable changeset

A more canonical version uses

    hg ci --amend -m stable

but this requires giving the message again (or confirming it in the editor).

>     # evolve the history
>     hg evolve
>     # and check that it’s correct
>     hg glog

More canonical would be

    hg log -G

I now published the canonical version on my website:

http://www.draketo.de/english/mercurial/rename-branch-evolve

Best wishes,
Arne
-- 
Unpolitisch sein
heißt politisch sein
ohne es zu merken
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