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author Jon Parise <jon@indelible.org>
date Thu Feb 19 20:49:46 2009 -0800 (2009-02-19)
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bos@559 2
bos@559 3 <appendix id="chap:mqref">
bos@559 4 <title>Mercurial Queues reference</title>
bos@559 5
bos@559 6 <sect1 id="sec:mqref:cmdref">
bos@559 7 <title>MQ command reference</title>
bos@559 8
bos@559 9 <para>For an overview of the commands provided by MQ, use the
bos@559 10 command <command role="hg-cmd">hg help mq</command>.</para>
bos@559 11
bos@559 12 <sect2>
bos@559 13 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qapplied</command>&emdash;print
bos@559 14 applied patches</title>
bos@559 15
bos@559 16 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qapplied</command> command
bos@559 17 prints the current stack of applied patches. Patches are
bos@559 18 printed in oldest-to-newest order, so the last patch in the
bos@559 19 list is the <quote>top</quote> patch.</para>
bos@559 20
bos@559 21 </sect2>
bos@559 22 <sect2>
bos@559 23 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qcommit</command>&emdash;commit
bos@559 24 changes in the queue repository</title>
bos@559 25
bos@559 26 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qcommit</command> command
bos@559 27 commits any outstanding changes in the <filename
bos@559 28 role="special" class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>
bos@559 29 repository. This command only works if the <filename
bos@559 30 role="special" class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>
bos@559 31 directory is a repository, i.e. you created the directory
bos@559 32 using <command role="hg-cmd">hg qinit <option
bos@559 33 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qinit-opt">-c</option></command> or
bos@559 34 ran <command role="hg-cmd">hg init</command> in the directory
bos@559 35 after running <command
bos@559 36 role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command>.</para>
bos@559 37
bos@559 38 <para>This command is shorthand for <command role="hg-cmd">hg
bos@559 39 commit --cwd .hg/patches</command>.</para>
bos@559 40
bos@559 41 <para>\subsection{<command
bos@559 42 role="hg-ext-mq">qdelete</command>&emdash;delete a patch
bos@559 43 from the <filename role="special">series</filename>
bos@559 44 file}</para>
bos@559 45
bos@559 46 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qdelete</command> command
bos@559 47 removes the entry for a patch from the <filename
bos@559 48 role="special">series</filename> file in the <filename
bos@559 49 role="special" class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>
bos@559 50 directory. It does not pop the patch if the patch is already
bos@559 51 applied. By default, it does not delete the patch file; use
bos@559 52 the <option role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qdel-opt">-f</option> option
bos@559 53 to do that.</para>
bos@559 54
bos@559 55 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 56 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 57 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 58 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qdel-opt">-f</option>: Delete the
bos@559 59 patch file.</para>
bos@559 60 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 61
bos@559 62 </sect2>
bos@559 63 <sect2>
bos@559 64 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qdiff</command>&emdash;print a
bos@559 65 diff of the topmost applied patch</title>
bos@559 66
bos@559 67 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qdiff</command> command
bos@559 68 prints a diff of the topmost applied patch. It is equivalent
bos@559 69 to <command role="hg-cmd">hg diff -r-2:-1</command>.</para>
bos@559 70
bos@559 71 </sect2>
bos@559 72 <sect2>
bos@559 73 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qfold</command>&emdash;merge
bos@559 74 (<quote>fold</quote>) several patches into one</title>
bos@559 75
bos@559 76 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qfold</command> command
bos@559 77 merges multiple patches into the topmost applied patch, so
bos@559 78 that the topmost applied patch makes the union of all of the
bos@559 79 changes in the patches in question.</para>
bos@559 80
bos@559 81 <para>The patches to fold must not be applied; <command
bos@559 82 role="hg-ext-mq">qfold</command> will exit with an error if
bos@559 83 any is. The order in which patches are folded is significant;
bos@559 84 <command role="hg-cmd">hg qfold a b</command> means
bos@559 85 <quote>apply the current topmost patch, followed by
bos@559 86 <literal>a</literal>, followed by
bos@559 87 <literal>b</literal></quote>.</para>
bos@559 88
bos@559 89 <para>The comments from the folded patches are appended to the
bos@559 90 comments of the destination patch, with each block of comments
bos@559 91 separated by three asterisk
bos@559 92 (<quote><literal>*</literal></quote>) characters. Use the
bos@559 93 <option role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qfold-opt">-e</option> option to
bos@559 94 edit the commit message for the combined patch/changeset after
bos@559 95 the folding has completed.</para>
bos@559 96
bos@559 97 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 98 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 99 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 100 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qfold-opt">-e</option>: Edit the
bos@559 101 commit message and patch description for the newly folded
bos@559 102 patch.</para>
bos@559 103 </listitem>
bos@559 104 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 105 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qfold-opt">-l</option>: Use the
bos@559 106 contents of the given file as the new commit message and
bos@559 107 patch description for the folded patch.</para>
bos@559 108 </listitem>
bos@559 109 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 110 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qfold-opt">-m</option>: Use the
bos@559 111 given text as the new commit message and patch description
bos@559 112 for the folded patch.</para>
bos@559 113 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 114
bos@559 115 </sect2>
bos@559 116 <sect2>
bos@559 117 <title><command
bos@559 118 role="hg-ext-mq">qheader</command>&emdash;display the
bos@559 119 header/description of a patch</title>
bos@559 120
bos@559 121 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qheader</command> command
bos@559 122 prints the header, or description, of a patch. By default, it
bos@559 123 prints the header of the topmost applied patch. Given an
bos@559 124 argument, it prints the header of the named patch.</para>
bos@559 125
bos@559 126 </sect2>
bos@559 127 <sect2>
bos@559 128 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qimport</command>&emdash;import
bos@559 129 a third-party patch into the queue</title>
bos@559 130
bos@559 131 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qimport</command> command
bos@559 132 adds an entry for an external patch to the <filename
bos@559 133 role="special">series</filename> file, and copies the patch
bos@559 134 into the <filename role="special"
bos@559 135 class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory. It adds
bos@559 136 the entry immediately after the topmost applied patch, but
bos@559 137 does not push the patch.</para>
bos@559 138
bos@559 139 <para>If the <filename role="special"
bos@559 140 class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory is a
bos@559 141 repository, <command role="hg-ext-mq">qimport</command>
bos@559 142 automatically does an <command role="hg-cmd">hg add</command>
bos@559 143 of the imported patch.</para>
bos@559 144
bos@559 145 </sect2>
bos@559 146 <sect2>
bos@559 147 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command>&emdash;prepare
bos@559 148 a repository to work with MQ</title>
bos@559 149
bos@559 150 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command> command
bos@559 151 prepares a repository to work with MQ. It creates a directory
bos@559 152 called <filename role="special"
bos@559 153 class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>.</para>
bos@559 154
bos@559 155 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 156 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 157 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 158 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qinit-opt">-c</option>: Create
bos@559 159 <filename role="special"
bos@559 160 class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> as a repository
bos@559 161 in its own right. Also creates a <filename
bos@559 162 role="special">.hgignore</filename> file that will
bos@559 163 ignore the <filename role="special">status</filename>
bos@559 164 file.</para>
bos@559 165 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 166
bos@559 167 <para>When the <filename role="special"
bos@559 168 class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory is a
bos@559 169 repository, the <command role="hg-ext-mq">qimport</command>
bos@559 170 and <command role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> commands
bos@559 171 automatically <command role="hg-cmd">hg add</command> new
bos@559 172 patches.</para>
bos@559 173
bos@559 174 </sect2>
bos@559 175 <sect2>
bos@559 176 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command>&emdash;create a
bos@559 177 new patch</title>
bos@559 178
bos@559 179 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> command
bos@559 180 creates a new patch. It takes one mandatory argument, the
bos@559 181 name to use for the patch file. The newly created patch is
bos@559 182 created empty by default. It is added to the <filename
bos@559 183 role="special">series</filename> file after the current
bos@559 184 topmost applied patch, and is immediately pushed on top of
bos@559 185 that patch.</para>
bos@559 186
bos@559 187 <para>If <command role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> finds modified
bos@559 188 files in the working directory, it will refuse to create a new
bos@559 189 patch unless the <option
bos@559 190 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qnew-opt">-f</option> option is used
bos@559 191 (see below). This behaviour allows you to <command
bos@559 192 role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> your topmost applied
bos@559 193 patch before you apply a new patch on top of it.</para>
bos@559 194
bos@559 195 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 196 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 197 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 198 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qnew-opt">-f</option>: Create a new
bos@559 199 patch if the contents of the working directory are
bos@559 200 modified. Any outstanding modifications are added to the
bos@559 201 newly created patch, so after this command completes, the
bos@559 202 working directory will no longer be modified.</para>
bos@559 203 </listitem>
bos@559 204 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 205 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qnew-opt">-m</option>: Use the given
bos@559 206 text as the commit message. This text will be stored at
bos@559 207 the beginning of the patch file, before the patch
bos@559 208 data.</para>
bos@559 209 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 210
bos@559 211 </sect2>
bos@559 212 <sect2>
bos@559 213 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qnext</command>&emdash;print
bos@559 214 the name of the next patch</title>
bos@559 215
bos@559 216 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qnext</command> command
bos@559 217 prints the name name of the next patch in the <filename
bos@559 218 role="special">series</filename> file after the topmost
bos@559 219 applied patch. This patch will become the topmost applied
bos@559 220 patch if you run <command
bos@559 221 role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command>.</para>
bos@559 222
bos@559 223 </sect2>
bos@559 224 <sect2>
bos@559 225 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command>&emdash;pop
bos@559 226 patches off the stack</title>
bos@559 227
bos@559 228 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> command
bos@559 229 removes applied patches from the top of the stack of applied
bos@559 230 patches. By default, it removes only one patch.</para>
bos@559 231
bos@559 232 <para>This command removes the changesets that represent the
bos@559 233 popped patches from the repository, and updates the working
bos@559 234 directory to undo the effects of the patches.</para>
bos@559 235
bos@559 236 <para>This command takes an optional argument, which it uses as
bos@559 237 the name or index of the patch to pop to. If given a name, it
bos@559 238 will pop patches until the named patch is the topmost applied
bos@559 239 patch. If given a number, <command
bos@559 240 role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> treats the number as an
bos@559 241 index into the entries in the series file, counting from zero
bos@559 242 (empty lines and lines containing only comments do not count).
bos@559 243 It pops patches until the patch identified by the given index
bos@559 244 is the topmost applied patch.</para>
bos@559 245
bos@559 246 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> command does
bos@559 247 not read or write patches or the <filename
bos@559 248 role="special">series</filename> file. It is thus safe to
bos@559 249 <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> a patch that you have
bos@559 250 removed from the <filename role="special">series</filename>
bos@559 251 file, or a patch that you have renamed or deleted entirely.
bos@559 252 In the latter two cases, use the name of the patch as it was
bos@559 253 when you applied it.</para>
bos@559 254
bos@559 255 <para>By default, the <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command>
bos@559 256 command will not pop any patches if the working directory has
bos@559 257 been modified. You can override this behaviour using the
bos@559 258 <option role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">-f</option> option,
bos@559 259 which reverts all modifications in the working
bos@559 260 directory.</para>
bos@559 261
bos@559 262 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 263 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 264 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 265 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">-a</option>: Pop all
bos@559 266 applied patches. This returns the repository to its state
bos@559 267 before you applied any patches.</para>
bos@559 268 </listitem>
bos@559 269 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 270 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">-f</option>: Forcibly
bos@559 271 revert any modifications to the working directory when
bos@559 272 popping.</para>
bos@559 273 </listitem>
bos@559 274 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 275 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">-n</option>: Pop a patch
bos@559 276 from the named queue.</para>
bos@559 277 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 278
bos@559 279 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> command
bos@559 280 removes one line from the end of the <filename
bos@559 281 role="special">status</filename> file for each patch that it
bos@559 282 pops.</para>
bos@559 283
bos@559 284 </sect2>
bos@559 285 <sect2>
bos@559 286 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qprev</command>&emdash;print
bos@559 287 the name of the previous patch</title>
bos@559 288
bos@559 289 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qprev</command> command
bos@559 290 prints the name of the patch in the <filename
bos@559 291 role="special">series</filename> file that comes before the
bos@559 292 topmost applied patch. This will become the topmost applied
bos@559 293 patch if you run <command
bos@559 294 role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command>.</para>
bos@559 295
bos@559 296 </sect2>
bos@559 297 <sect2 id="sec:mqref:cmd:qpush">
bos@559 298 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command>&emdash;push
bos@559 299 patches onto the stack</title>
bos@559 300
bos@559 301 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> command adds
bos@559 302 patches onto the applied stack. By default, it adds only one
bos@559 303 patch.</para>
bos@559 304
bos@559 305 <para>This command creates a new changeset to represent each
bos@559 306 applied patch, and updates the working directory to apply the
bos@559 307 effects of the patches.</para>
bos@559 308
bos@559 309 <para>The default data used when creating a changeset are as
bos@559 310 follows:</para>
bos@559 311 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 312 <listitem><para>The commit date and time zone are the current
bos@559 313 date and time zone. Because these data are used to
bos@559 314 compute the identity of a changeset, this means that if
bos@559 315 you <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> a patch and
bos@559 316 <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> it again, the
bos@559 317 changeset that you push will have a different identity
bos@559 318 than the changeset you popped.</para>
bos@559 319 </listitem>
bos@559 320 <listitem><para>The author is the same as the default used by
bos@559 321 the <command role="hg-cmd">hg commit</command>
bos@559 322 command.</para>
bos@559 323 </listitem>
bos@559 324 <listitem><para>The commit message is any text from the patch
bos@559 325 file that comes before the first diff header. If there is
bos@559 326 no such text, a default commit message is used that
bos@559 327 identifies the name of the patch.</para>
bos@559 328 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 329 <para>If a patch contains a Mercurial patch header (XXX add
bos@559 330 link), the information in the patch header overrides these
bos@559 331 defaults.</para>
bos@559 332
bos@559 333 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 334 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 335 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 336 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">-a</option>: Push all
bos@559 337 unapplied patches from the <filename
bos@559 338 role="special">series</filename> file until there are
bos@559 339 none left to push.</para>
bos@559 340 </listitem>
bos@559 341 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 342 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">-l</option>: Add the name
bos@559 343 of the patch to the end of the commit message.</para>
bos@559 344 </listitem>
bos@559 345 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 346 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">-m</option>: If a patch
bos@559 347 fails to apply cleanly, use the entry for the patch in
bos@559 348 another saved queue to compute the parameters for a
bos@559 349 three-way merge, and perform a three-way merge using the
bos@559 350 normal Mercurial merge machinery. Use the resolution of
bos@559 351 the merge as the new patch content.</para>
bos@559 352 </listitem>
bos@559 353 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 354 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">-n</option>: Use the
bos@559 355 named queue if merging while pushing.</para>
bos@559 356 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 357
bos@559 358 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> command
bos@559 359 reads, but does not modify, the <filename
bos@559 360 role="special">series</filename> file. It appends one line
bos@559 361 to the <command role="hg-cmd">hg status</command> file for
bos@559 362 each patch that it pushes.</para>
bos@559 363
bos@559 364 </sect2>
bos@559 365 <sect2>
bos@559 366 <title><command
bos@559 367 role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command>&emdash;update the
bos@559 368 topmost applied patch</title>
bos@559 369
bos@559 370 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> command
bos@559 371 updates the topmost applied patch. It modifies the patch,
bos@559 372 removes the old changeset that represented the patch, and
bos@559 373 creates a new changeset to represent the modified
bos@559 374 patch.</para>
bos@559 375
bos@559 376 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> command
bos@559 377 looks for the following modifications:</para>
bos@559 378 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 379 <listitem><para>Changes to the commit message, i.e. the text
bos@559 380 before the first diff header in the patch file, are
bos@559 381 reflected in the new changeset that represents the
bos@559 382 patch.</para>
bos@559 383 </listitem>
bos@559 384 <listitem><para>Modifications to tracked files in the working
bos@559 385 directory are added to the patch.</para>
bos@559 386 </listitem>
bos@559 387 <listitem><para>Changes to the files tracked using <command
bos@559 388 role="hg-cmd">hg add</command>, <command
bos@559 389 role="hg-cmd">hg copy</command>, <command
bos@559 390 role="hg-cmd">hg remove</command>, or <command
bos@559 391 role="hg-cmd">hg rename</command>. Added files and copy
bos@559 392 and rename destinations are added to the patch, while
bos@559 393 removed files and rename sources are removed.</para>
bos@559 394 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 395
bos@559 396 <para>Even if <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command>
bos@559 397 detects no changes, it still recreates the changeset that
bos@559 398 represents the patch. This causes the identity of the
bos@559 399 changeset to differ from the previous changeset that
bos@559 400 identified the patch.</para>
bos@559 401
bos@559 402 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 403 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 404 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 405 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qrefresh-opt">-e</option>: Modify
bos@559 406 the commit and patch description, using the preferred text
bos@559 407 editor.</para>
bos@559 408 </listitem>
bos@559 409 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 410 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qrefresh-opt">-m</option>: Modify
bos@559 411 the commit message and patch description, using the given
bos@559 412 text.</para>
bos@559 413 </listitem>
bos@559 414 <listitem><para><option
bos@559 415 role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qrefresh-opt">-l</option>: Modify
bos@559 416 the commit message and patch description, using text from
bos@559 417 the given file.</para>
bos@559 418 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 419
bos@559 420 </sect2>
bos@559 421 <sect2>
bos@559 422 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qrename</command>&emdash;rename
bos@559 423 a patch</title>
bos@559 424
bos@559 425 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrename</command> command
bos@559 426 renames a patch, and changes the entry for the patch in the
bos@559 427 <filename role="special">series</filename> file.</para>
bos@559 428
bos@559 429 <para>With a single argument, <command
bos@559 430 role="hg-ext-mq">qrename</command> renames the topmost
bos@559 431 applied patch. With two arguments, it renames its first
bos@559 432 argument to its second.</para>
bos@559 433
bos@559 434 </sect2>
bos@559 435 <sect2>
bos@559 436 <title><command
bos@559 437 role="hg-ext-mq">qrestore</command>&emdash;restore saved
bos@559 438 queue state</title>
bos@559 439
bos@559 440 <para>XXX No idea what this does.</para>
bos@559 441
bos@559 442 </sect2>
bos@559 443 <sect2>
bos@559 444 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qsave</command>&emdash;save
bos@559 445 current queue state</title>
bos@559 446
bos@559 447 <para>XXX Likewise.</para>
bos@559 448
bos@559 449 </sect2>
bos@559 450 <sect2>
bos@559 451 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qseries</command>&emdash;print
bos@559 452 the entire patch series</title>
bos@559 453
bos@559 454 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qseries</command> command
bos@559 455 prints the entire patch series from the <filename
bos@559 456 role="special">series</filename> file. It prints only patch
bos@559 457 names, not empty lines or comments. It prints in order from
bos@559 458 first to be applied to last.</para>
bos@559 459
bos@559 460 </sect2>
bos@559 461 <sect2>
bos@559 462 <title><command role="hg-ext-mq">qtop</command>&emdash;print the
bos@559 463 name of the current patch</title>
bos@559 464
bos@559 465 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qtop</command> prints the
bos@559 466 name of the topmost currently applied patch.</para>
bos@559 467
bos@559 468 </sect2>
bos@559 469 <sect2>
bos@559 470 <title><command
bos@559 471 role="hg-ext-mq">qunapplied</command>&emdash;print patches
bos@559 472 not yet applied</title>
bos@559 473
bos@559 474 <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qunapplied</command> command
bos@559 475 prints the names of patches from the <filename
bos@559 476 role="special">series</filename> file that are not yet
bos@559 477 applied. It prints them in order from the next patch that
bos@559 478 will be pushed to the last.</para>
bos@559 479
bos@559 480 </sect2>
bos@559 481 <sect2>
bos@559 482 <title><command role="hg-cmd">hg strip</command>&emdash;remove a
bos@559 483 revision and descendants</title>
bos@559 484
bos@559 485 <para>The <command role="hg-cmd">hg strip</command> command
bos@559 486 removes a revision, and all of its descendants, from the
bos@559 487 repository. It undoes the effects of the removed revisions
bos@559 488 from the repository, and updates the working directory to the
bos@559 489 first parent of the removed revision.</para>
bos@559 490
bos@559 491 <para>The <command role="hg-cmd">hg strip</command> command
bos@559 492 saves a backup of the removed changesets in a bundle, so that
bos@559 493 they can be reapplied if removed in error.</para>
bos@559 494
bos@559 495 <para>Options:</para>
bos@559 496 <itemizedlist>
bos@559 497 <listitem><para><option role="hg-opt-strip">-b</option>: Save
bos@559 498 unrelated changesets that are intermixed with the stripped
bos@559 499 changesets in the backup bundle.</para>
bos@559 500 </listitem>
bos@559 501 <listitem><para><option role="hg-opt-strip">-f</option>: If a
bos@559 502 branch has multiple heads, remove all heads. XXX This
bos@559 503 should be renamed, and use <literal>-f</literal> to strip
bos@559 504 revs when there are pending changes.</para>
bos@559 505 </listitem>
bos@559 506 <listitem><para><option role="hg-opt-strip">-n</option>: Do
bos@559 507 not save a backup bundle.</para>
bos@559 508 </listitem></itemizedlist>
bos@559 509
bos@559 510 </sect2>
bos@559 511 </sect1>
bos@559 512 <sect1>
bos@559 513 <title>MQ file reference</title>
bos@559 514
bos@559 515 <sect2>
bos@559 516 <title>The <filename role="special">series</filename>
bos@559 517 file</title>
bos@559 518
bos@559 519 <para>The <filename role="special">series</filename> file
bos@559 520 contains a list of the names of all patches that MQ can apply.
bos@559 521 It is represented as a list of names, with one name saved per
bos@559 522 line. Leading and trailing white space in each line are
bos@559 523 ignored.</para>
bos@559 524
bos@559 525 <para>Lines may contain comments. A comment begins with the
bos@559 526 <quote><literal>#</literal></quote> character, and extends to
bos@559 527 the end of the line. Empty lines, and lines that contain only
bos@559 528 comments, are ignored.</para>
bos@559 529
bos@559 530 <para>You will often need to edit the <filename
bos@559 531 role="special">series</filename> file by hand, hence the
bos@559 532 support for comments and empty lines noted above. For
bos@559 533 example, you can comment out a patch temporarily, and <command
bos@559 534 role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> will skip over that patch
bos@559 535 when applying patches. You can also change the order in which
bos@559 536 patches are applied by reordering their entries in the
bos@559 537 <filename role="special">series</filename> file.</para>
bos@559 538
bos@559 539 <para>Placing the <filename role="special">series</filename>
bos@559 540 file under revision control is also supported; it is a good
bos@559 541 idea to place all of the patches that it refers to under
bos@559 542 revision control, as well. If you create a patch directory
bos@559 543 using the <option role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qinit-opt">-c</option>
bos@559 544 option to <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command>, this will
bos@559 545 be done for you automatically.</para>
bos@559 546
bos@559 547 </sect2>
bos@559 548 <sect2>
bos@559 549 <title>The <filename role="special">status</filename>
bos@559 550 file</title>
bos@559 551
bos@559 552 <para>The <filename role="special">status</filename> file
bos@559 553 contains the names and changeset hashes of all patches that MQ
bos@559 554 currently has applied. Unlike the <filename
bos@559 555 role="special">series</filename> file, this file is not
bos@559 556 intended for editing. You should not place this file under
bos@559 557 revision control, or modify it in any way. It is used by MQ
bos@559 558 strictly for internal book-keeping.</para>
bos@559 559
bos@559 560 </sect2>
bos@559 561 </sect1>
bos@559 562 </appendix>
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