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author Dongsheng Song <dongsheng.song@gmail.com>
date Mon Mar 30 16:23:33 2009 +0800 (2009-03-30)
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     1.1 --- a/en/ch11-mq.xml	Fri Mar 20 16:43:35 2009 +0800
     1.2 +++ b/en/ch11-mq.xml	Mon Mar 30 16:23:33 2009 +0800
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     1.4  <!-- vim: set filetype=docbkxml shiftwidth=2 autoindent expandtab tw=77 : -->
     1.5  
     1.6 -<chapter id="chap.mq">
     1.7 +<chapter id="chap:mq">
     1.8    <?dbhtml filename="managing-change-with-mercurial-queues.html"?>
     1.9    <title>Managing change with Mercurial Queues</title>
    1.10  
    1.11 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.patch-mgmt">
    1.12 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:patch-mgmt">
    1.13      <title>The patch management problem</title>
    1.14  
    1.15 -    <para>Here is a common scenario: you need to install a software
    1.16 +    <para id="x_3ac">Here is a common scenario: you need to install a software
    1.17        package from source, but you find a bug that you must fix in the
    1.18        source before you can start using the package.  You make your
    1.19        changes, forget about the package for a while, and a few months
    1.20 @@ -17,27 +17,27 @@
    1.21        the newer version.  This is a tedious task, and it's easy to
    1.22        make mistakes.</para>
    1.23  
    1.24 -    <para>This is a simple case of the <quote>patch management</quote>
    1.25 +    <para id="x_3ad">This is a simple case of the <quote>patch management</quote>
    1.26        problem.  You have an <quote>upstream</quote> source tree that
    1.27        you can't change; you need to make some local changes on top of
    1.28        the upstream tree; and you'd like to be able to keep those
    1.29        changes separate, so that you can apply them to newer versions
    1.30        of the upstream source.</para>
    1.31  
    1.32 -    <para>The patch management problem arises in many situations.
    1.33 +    <para id="x_3ae">The patch management problem arises in many situations.
    1.34        Probably the most visible is that a user of an open source
    1.35        software project will contribute a bug fix or new feature to the
    1.36        project's maintainers in the form of a patch.</para>
    1.37  
    1.38 -    <para>Distributors of operating systems that include open source
    1.39 +    <para id="x_3af">Distributors of operating systems that include open source
    1.40        software often need to make changes to the packages they
    1.41        distribute so that they will build properly in their
    1.42        environments.</para>
    1.43  
    1.44 -    <para>When you have few changes to maintain, it is easy to manage
    1.45 +    <para id="x_3b0">When you have few changes to maintain, it is easy to manage
    1.46        a single patch using the standard <command>diff</command> and
    1.47 -      <command>patch</command> programs (see section <xref
    1.48 -	linkend="sec.mq.patch"/> for a discussion of these
    1.49 +      <command>patch</command> programs (see <xref
    1.50 +	linkend="sec:mq:patch"/> for a discussion of these
    1.51        tools). Once the number of changes grows, it starts to make
    1.52        sense to maintain patches as discrete <quote>chunks of
    1.53  	work,</quote> so that for example a single patch will contain
    1.54 @@ -49,37 +49,37 @@
    1.55        your fix in a subsequent release, you can simply drop that
    1.56        single patch when you're updating to the newer release.</para>
    1.57  
    1.58 -    <para>Maintaining a single patch against an upstream tree is a
    1.59 +    <para id="x_3b1">Maintaining a single patch against an upstream tree is a
    1.60        little tedious and error-prone, but not difficult.  However, the
    1.61        complexity of the problem grows rapidly as the number of patches
    1.62        you have to maintain increases.  With more than a tiny number of
    1.63        patches in hand, understanding which ones you have applied and
    1.64        maintaining them moves from messy to overwhelming.</para>
    1.65  
    1.66 -    <para>Fortunately, Mercurial includes a powerful extension,
    1.67 +    <para id="x_3b2">Fortunately, Mercurial includes a powerful extension,
    1.68        Mercurial Queues (or simply <quote>MQ</quote>), that massively
    1.69        simplifies the patch management problem.</para>
    1.70  
    1.71    </sect1>
    1.72 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.history">
    1.73 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:history">
    1.74      <title>The prehistory of Mercurial Queues</title>
    1.75  
    1.76 -    <para>During the late 1990s, several Linux kernel developers
    1.77 +    <para id="x_3b3">During the late 1990s, several Linux kernel developers
    1.78        started to maintain <quote>patch series</quote> that modified
    1.79        the behaviour of the Linux kernel.  Some of these series were
    1.80        focused on stability, some on feature coverage, and others were
    1.81        more speculative.</para>
    1.82  
    1.83 -    <para>The sizes of these patch series grew rapidly.  In 2002,
    1.84 +    <para id="x_3b4">The sizes of these patch series grew rapidly.  In 2002,
    1.85        Andrew Morton published some shell scripts he had been using to
    1.86        automate the task of managing his patch queues.  Andrew was
    1.87        successfully using these scripts to manage hundreds (sometimes
    1.88        thousands) of patches on top of the Linux kernel.</para>
    1.89  
    1.90 -    <sect2 id="sec.mq.quilt">
    1.91 +    <sect2 id="sec:mq:quilt">
    1.92        <title>A patchwork quilt</title>
    1.93  
    1.94 -      <para>In early 2003, Andreas Gruenbacher and Martin Quinson
    1.95 +      <para id="x_3b5">In early 2003, Andreas Gruenbacher and Martin Quinson
    1.96  	borrowed the approach of Andrew's scripts and published a tool
    1.97  	called <quote>patchwork quilt</quote>
    1.98  	<citation>web:quilt</citation>, or simply <quote>quilt</quote>
    1.99 @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   1.100  	management, it rapidly gained a large following among open
   1.101  	source software developers.</para>
   1.102  
   1.103 -      <para>Quilt manages a <emphasis>stack of patches</emphasis> on
   1.104 +      <para id="x_3b6">Quilt manages a <emphasis>stack of patches</emphasis> on
   1.105  	top of a directory tree. To begin, you tell quilt to manage a
   1.106  	directory tree, and tell it which files you want to manage; it
   1.107  	stores away the names and contents of those files.  To fix a
   1.108 @@ -96,14 +96,14 @@
   1.109  	files you need to fix, then <quote>refresh</quote> the
   1.110  	patch.</para>
   1.111  
   1.112 -      <para>The refresh step causes quilt to scan the directory tree;
   1.113 +      <para id="x_3b7">The refresh step causes quilt to scan the directory tree;
   1.114  	it updates the patch with all of the changes you have made.
   1.115  	You can create another patch on top of the first, which will
   1.116  	track the changes required to modify the tree from <quote>tree
   1.117  	  with one patch applied</quote> to <quote>tree with two
   1.118  	  patches applied</quote>.</para>
   1.119  
   1.120 -      <para>You can <emphasis>change</emphasis> which patches are
   1.121 +      <para id="x_3b8">You can <emphasis>change</emphasis> which patches are
   1.122  	applied to the tree.  If you <quote>pop</quote> a patch, the
   1.123  	changes made by that patch will vanish from the directory
   1.124  	tree.  Quilt remembers which patches you have popped, though,
   1.125 @@ -115,25 +115,25 @@
   1.126  	any time, change both which patches are applied and what
   1.127  	modifications those patches make.</para>
   1.128  
   1.129 -      <para>Quilt knows nothing about revision control tools, so it
   1.130 +      <para id="x_3b9">Quilt knows nothing about revision control tools, so it
   1.131  	works equally well on top of an unpacked tarball or a
   1.132  	Subversion working copy.</para>
   1.133  
   1.134      </sect2>
   1.135 -    <sect2 id="sec.mq.quilt-mq">
   1.136 +    <sect2 id="sec:mq:quilt-mq">
   1.137        <title>From patchwork quilt to Mercurial Queues</title>
   1.138  
   1.139 -      <para>In mid-2005, Chris Mason took the features of quilt and
   1.140 +      <para id="x_3ba">In mid-2005, Chris Mason took the features of quilt and
   1.141  	wrote an extension that he called Mercurial Queues, which
   1.142  	added quilt-like behaviour to Mercurial.</para>
   1.143  
   1.144 -      <para>The key difference between quilt and MQ is that quilt
   1.145 +      <para id="x_3bb">The key difference between quilt and MQ is that quilt
   1.146  	knows nothing about revision control systems, while MQ is
   1.147  	<emphasis>integrated</emphasis> into Mercurial.  Each patch
   1.148  	that you push is represented as a Mercurial changeset.  Pop a
   1.149  	patch, and the changeset goes away.</para>
   1.150  
   1.151 -      <para>Because quilt does not care about revision control tools,
   1.152 +      <para id="x_3bc">Because quilt does not care about revision control tools,
   1.153  	it is still a tremendously useful piece of software to know
   1.154  	about for situations where you cannot use Mercurial and
   1.155  	MQ.</para>
   1.156 @@ -143,16 +143,16 @@
   1.157    <sect1>
   1.158      <title>The huge advantage of MQ</title>
   1.159  
   1.160 -    <para>I cannot overstate the value that MQ offers through the
   1.161 +    <para id="x_3bd">I cannot overstate the value that MQ offers through the
   1.162        unification of patches and revision control.</para>
   1.163  
   1.164 -    <para>A major reason that patches have persisted in the free
   1.165 +    <para id="x_3be">A major reason that patches have persisted in the free
   1.166        software and open source world&emdash;in spite of the
   1.167        availability of increasingly capable revision control tools over
   1.168        the years&emdash;is the <emphasis>agility</emphasis> they
   1.169        offer.</para>
   1.170  
   1.171 -    <para>Traditional revision control tools make a permanent,
   1.172 +    <para id="x_3bf">Traditional revision control tools make a permanent,
   1.173        irreversible record of everything that you do.  While this has
   1.174        great value, it's also somewhat stifling.  If you want to
   1.175        perform a wild-eyed experiment, you have to be careful in how
   1.176 @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   1.177        misleading or destabilising&emdash;traces of your missteps and
   1.178        errors in the permanent revision record.</para>
   1.179  
   1.180 -    <para>By contrast, MQ's marriage of distributed revision control
   1.181 +    <para id="x_3c0">By contrast, MQ's marriage of distributed revision control
   1.182        with patches makes it much easier to isolate your work.  Your
   1.183        patches live on top of normal revision history, and you can make
   1.184        them disappear or reappear at will.  If you don't like a patch,
   1.185 @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
   1.186        simply fix it&emdash;as many times as you need to, until you
   1.187        have refined it into the form you desire.</para>
   1.188  
   1.189 -    <para>As an example, the integration of patches with revision
   1.190 +    <para id="x_3c1">As an example, the integration of patches with revision
   1.191        control makes understanding patches and debugging their
   1.192        effects&emdash;and their interplay with the code they're based
   1.193        on&emdash;<emphasis>enormously</emphasis> easier. Since every
   1.194 @@ -183,14 +183,14 @@
   1.195        And so on.</para>
   1.196  
   1.197    </sect1>
   1.198 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.patch">
   1.199 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:patch">
   1.200      <title>Understanding patches</title>
   1.201  
   1.202 -    <para>Because MQ doesn't hide its patch-oriented nature, it is
   1.203 +    <para id="x_3c2">Because MQ doesn't hide its patch-oriented nature, it is
   1.204        helpful to understand what patches are, and a little about the
   1.205        tools that work with them.</para>
   1.206  
   1.207 -    <para>The traditional Unix <command>diff</command> command
   1.208 +    <para id="x_3c3">The traditional Unix <command>diff</command> command
   1.209        compares two files, and prints a list of differences between
   1.210        them. The <command>patch</command> command understands these
   1.211        differences as <emphasis>modifications</emphasis> to make to a
   1.212 @@ -199,20 +199,20 @@
   1.213  
   1.214  &interaction.mq.dodiff.diff;
   1.215  
   1.216 -    <para>The type of file that <command>diff</command> generates (and
   1.217 +    <para id="x_3c4">The type of file that <command>diff</command> generates (and
   1.218        <command>patch</command> takes as input) is called a
   1.219        <quote>patch</quote> or a <quote>diff</quote>; there is no
   1.220        difference between a patch and a diff.  (We'll use the term
   1.221        <quote>patch</quote>, since it's more commonly used.)</para>
   1.222  
   1.223 -    <para>A patch file can start with arbitrary text; the
   1.224 +    <para id="x_3c5">A patch file can start with arbitrary text; the
   1.225        <command>patch</command> command ignores this text, but MQ uses
   1.226        it as the commit message when creating changesets.  To find the
   1.227        beginning of the patch content, <command>patch</command>
   1.228        searches for the first line that starts with the string
   1.229        <quote><literal>diff -</literal></quote>.</para>
   1.230  
   1.231 -    <para>MQ works with <emphasis>unified</emphasis> diffs
   1.232 +    <para id="x_3c6">MQ works with <emphasis>unified</emphasis> diffs
   1.233        (<command>patch</command> can accept several other diff formats,
   1.234        but MQ doesn't).  A unified diff contains two kinds of header.
   1.235        The <emphasis>file header</emphasis> describes the file being
   1.236 @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   1.237        <command>patch</command> sees a new file header, it looks for a
   1.238        file with that name to start modifying.</para>
   1.239  
   1.240 -    <para>After the file header comes a series of
   1.241 +    <para id="x_3c7">After the file header comes a series of
   1.242        <emphasis>hunks</emphasis>.  Each hunk starts with a header;
   1.243        this identifies the range of line numbers within the file that
   1.244        the hunk should modify.  Following the header, a hunk starts and
   1.245 @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
   1.246        runs the hunks together, with a few lines of context between
   1.247        modifications.</para>
   1.248  
   1.249 -    <para>Each line of context begins with a space character.  Within
   1.250 +    <para id="x_3c8">Each line of context begins with a space character.  Within
   1.251        the hunk, a line that begins with
   1.252        <quote><literal>-</literal></quote> means <quote>remove this
   1.253  	line,</quote> while a line that begins with
   1.254 @@ -240,16 +240,16 @@
   1.255  	line.</quote>  For example, a line that is modified is
   1.256        represented by one deletion and one insertion.</para>
   1.257  
   1.258 -    <para>We will return to some of the more subtle aspects of patches
   1.259 -      later (in section <xref linkend="sec.mq.adv-patch"/>), but you
   1.260 +    <para id="x_3c9">We will return to some of the more subtle aspects of patches
   1.261 +      later (in <xref linkend="sec:mq:adv-patch"/>), but you
   1.262        should have
   1.263        enough information now to use MQ.</para>
   1.264  
   1.265    </sect1>
   1.266 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.start">
   1.267 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:start">
   1.268      <title>Getting started with Mercurial Queues</title>
   1.269  
   1.270 -    <para>Because MQ is implemented as an extension, you must
   1.271 +    <para id="x_3ca">Because MQ is implemented as an extension, you must
   1.272        explicitly enable before you can use it.  (You don't need to
   1.273        download anything; MQ ships with the standard Mercurial
   1.274        distribution.)  To enable MQ, edit your <filename
   1.275 @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
   1.276      <programlisting>[extensions]
   1.277  hgext.mq =</programlisting>
   1.278  
   1.279 -    <para>Once the extension is enabled, it will make a number of new
   1.280 +    <para id="x_3cb">Once the extension is enabled, it will make a number of new
   1.281        commands available.  To verify that the extension is working,
   1.282        you can use <command role="hg-cmd">hg help</command> to see if
   1.283        the <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command> command is now
   1.284 @@ -267,14 +267,14 @@
   1.285  
   1.286  &interaction.mq.qinit-help.help;
   1.287  
   1.288 -    <para>You can use MQ with <emphasis>any</emphasis> Mercurial
   1.289 +    <para id="x_3cc">You can use MQ with <emphasis>any</emphasis> Mercurial
   1.290        repository, and its commands only operate within that
   1.291        repository.  To get started, simply prepare the repository using
   1.292        the <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command> command.</para>
   1.293  
   1.294  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qinit;
   1.295  
   1.296 -    <para>This command creates an empty directory called <filename
   1.297 +    <para id="x_3cd">This command creates an empty directory called <filename
   1.298  	role="special" class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>, where
   1.299        MQ will keep its metadata.  As with many Mercurial commands, the
   1.300        <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command> command prints nothing
   1.301 @@ -283,18 +283,18 @@
   1.302      <sect2>
   1.303        <title>Creating a new patch</title>
   1.304  
   1.305 -      <para>To begin work on a new patch, use the <command
   1.306 +      <para id="x_3ce">To begin work on a new patch, use the <command
   1.307  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> command.  This command takes
   1.308  	one argument, the name of the patch to create.</para>
   1.309  
   1.310 -      <para>MQ will use this as the name of an actual file in the
   1.311 +      <para id="x_3cf">MQ will use this as the name of an actual file in the
   1.312  	<filename role="special"
   1.313  	  class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory, as you
   1.314  	can see below.</para>
   1.315  
   1.316  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qnew;
   1.317  
   1.318 -      <para>Also newly present in the <filename role="special"
   1.319 +      <para id="x_3d0">Also newly present in the <filename role="special"
   1.320  	  class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory are two
   1.321  	other files, <filename role="special">series</filename> and
   1.322  	<filename role="special">status</filename>.  The <filename
   1.323 @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
   1.324  	<emphasis>applied</emphasis> in this repository.</para>
   1.325  
   1.326        <note>
   1.327 -	<para>  You may sometimes want to edit the <filename
   1.328 +	<para id="x_3d1">  You may sometimes want to edit the <filename
   1.329  	    role="special">series</filename> file by hand; for
   1.330  	  example, to change the sequence in which some patches are
   1.331  	  applied.  However, manually editing the <filename
   1.332 @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
   1.333  	  happening.</para>
   1.334        </note>
   1.335  
   1.336 -      <para>Once you have created your new patch, you can edit files
   1.337 +      <para id="x_3d2">Once you have created your new patch, you can edit files
   1.338  	in the working directory as you usually would.  All of the
   1.339  	normal Mercurial commands, such as <command role="hg-cmd">hg
   1.340  	  diff</command> and <command role="hg-cmd">hg
   1.341 @@ -325,17 +325,17 @@
   1.342      <sect2>
   1.343        <title>Refreshing a patch</title>
   1.344  
   1.345 -      <para>When you reach a point where you want to save your work,
   1.346 +      <para id="x_3d3">When you reach a point where you want to save your work,
   1.347  	use the <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> command
   1.348  	to update the patch you are working on.</para>
   1.349  
   1.350  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qrefresh;
   1.351  
   1.352 -      <para>This command folds the changes you have made in the
   1.353 +      <para id="x_3d4">This command folds the changes you have made in the
   1.354  	working directory into your patch, and updates its
   1.355  	corresponding changeset to contain those changes.</para>
   1.356  
   1.357 -      <para>You can run <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command>
   1.358 +      <para id="x_3d5">You can run <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command>
   1.359  	as often as you like, so it's a good way to
   1.360  	<quote>checkpoint</quote> your work.  Refresh your patch at an
   1.361  	opportune time; try an experiment; and if the experiment
   1.362 @@ -348,19 +348,19 @@
   1.363      <sect2>
   1.364        <title>Stacking and tracking patches</title>
   1.365  
   1.366 -      <para>Once you have finished working on a patch, or need to work
   1.367 +      <para id="x_3d6">Once you have finished working on a patch, or need to work
   1.368  	on another, you can use the <command
   1.369  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> command again to create a
   1.370  	new patch. Mercurial will apply this patch on top of your
   1.371  	existing patch.</para>
   1.372  
   1.373  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qnew2;
   1.374 -      <para>Notice that the patch contains the changes in our prior
   1.375 +      <para id="x_3d7">Notice that the patch contains the changes in our prior
   1.376  	patch as part of its context (you can see this more clearly in
   1.377  	the output of <command role="hg-cmd">hg
   1.378  	  annotate</command>).</para>
   1.379  
   1.380 -      <para>So far, with the exception of <command
   1.381 +      <para id="x_3d8">So far, with the exception of <command
   1.382  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qnew</command> and <command
   1.383  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command>, we've been careful to
   1.384  	only use regular Mercurial commands.  However, MQ provides
   1.385 @@ -370,13 +370,13 @@
   1.386  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qseries;
   1.387  
   1.388        <itemizedlist>
   1.389 -	<listitem><para>The <command
   1.390 +	<listitem><para id="x_3d9">The <command
   1.391  	      role="hg-ext-mq">qseries</command> command lists every
   1.392  	    patch that MQ knows about in this repository, from oldest
   1.393  	    to newest (most recently
   1.394  	    <emphasis>created</emphasis>).</para>
   1.395  	</listitem>
   1.396 -	<listitem><para>The <command
   1.397 +	<listitem><para id="x_3da">The <command
   1.398  	      role="hg-ext-mq">qapplied</command> command lists every
   1.399  	    patch that MQ has <emphasis>applied</emphasis> in this
   1.400  	    repository, again from oldest to newest (most recently
   1.401 @@ -387,12 +387,12 @@
   1.402      <sect2>
   1.403        <title>Manipulating the patch stack</title>
   1.404  
   1.405 -      <para>The previous discussion implied that there must be a
   1.406 +      <para id="x_3db">The previous discussion implied that there must be a
   1.407  	difference between <quote>known</quote> and
   1.408  	<quote>applied</quote> patches, and there is.  MQ can manage a
   1.409  	patch without it being applied in the repository.</para>
   1.410  
   1.411 -      <para>An <emphasis>applied</emphasis> patch has a corresponding
   1.412 +      <para id="x_3dc">An <emphasis>applied</emphasis> patch has a corresponding
   1.413  	changeset in the repository, and the effects of the patch and
   1.414  	changeset are visible in the working directory.  You can undo
   1.415  	the application of a patch using the <command
   1.416 @@ -400,20 +400,20 @@
   1.417  	<emphasis>knows about</emphasis>, or manages, a popped patch,
   1.418  	but the patch no longer has a corresponding changeset in the
   1.419  	repository, and the working directory does not contain the
   1.420 -	changes made by the patch.  Figure <xref
   1.421 -	  endterm="fig.mq.stack.caption" linkend="fig.mq.stack"/> illustrates
   1.422 +	changes made by the patch.  <xref
   1.423 +	  linkend="fig:mq:stack"/> illustrates
   1.424  	the difference between applied and tracked patches.</para>
   1.425  
   1.426 -      <informalfigure id="fig.mq.stack">
   1.427 -        <mediaobject>
   1.428 -          <imageobject><imagedata fileref="images/mq-stack.png"/></imageobject>
   1.429 -          <textobject><phrase>XXX add text</phrase></textobject>
   1.430 -          <caption><para id="fig.mq.stack.caption">Applied and unapplied patches
   1.431 -            in the MQ patch stack</para></caption>
   1.432 -          </mediaobject>
   1.433 -      </informalfigure>
   1.434 -
   1.435 -      <para>You can reapply an unapplied, or popped, patch using the
   1.436 +      <figure id="fig:mq:stack">
   1.437 +	<title>Applied and unapplied patches in the MQ patch
   1.438 +	  stack</title>
   1.439 +	<mediaobject>
   1.440 +	  <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figs/mq-stack.png"/></imageobject>
   1.441 +	  <textobject><phrase>XXX add text</phrase></textobject>
   1.442 +	</mediaobject>
   1.443 +      </figure>
   1.444 +
   1.445 +      <para id="x_3de">You can reapply an unapplied, or popped, patch using the
   1.446  	<command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> command.  This
   1.447  	creates a new changeset to correspond to the patch, and the
   1.448  	patch's changes once again become present in the working
   1.449 @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
   1.450  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> in action.</para>
   1.451  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qpop;
   1.452  
   1.453 -      <para>Notice that once we have popped a patch or two patches,
   1.454 +      <para id="x_3df">Notice that once we have popped a patch or two patches,
   1.455  	the output of <command role="hg-ext-mq">qseries</command>
   1.456  	remains the same, while that of <command
   1.457  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qapplied</command> has changed.</para>
   1.458 @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
   1.459      <sect2>
   1.460        <title>Pushing and popping many patches</title>
   1.461  
   1.462 -      <para>While <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> and
   1.463 +      <para id="x_3e0">While <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> and
   1.464  	<command role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> each operate on a
   1.465  	single patch at a time by default, you can push and pop many
   1.466  	patches in one go.  The <option
   1.467 @@ -442,8 +442,7 @@
   1.468  	  role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">-a</option> option to <command
   1.469  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> causes it to pop all applied
   1.470  	patches.  (For some more ways to push and pop many patches,
   1.471 -	see section <xref linkend="sec.mq.perf"/>
   1.472 -	below.)</para>
   1.473 +	see <xref linkend="sec:mq:perf"/> below.)</para>
   1.474  
   1.475  &interaction.mq.tutorial.qpush-a;
   1.476  
   1.477 @@ -451,7 +450,7 @@
   1.478      <sect2>
   1.479        <title>Safety checks, and overriding them</title>
   1.480  
   1.481 -      <para>Several MQ commands check the working directory before
   1.482 +      <para id="x_3e1">Several MQ commands check the working directory before
   1.483  	they do anything, and fail if they find any modifications.
   1.484  	They do this to ensure that you won't lose any changes that
   1.485  	you have made, but not yet incorporated into a patch.  The
   1.486 @@ -463,7 +462,7 @@
   1.487  
   1.488  &interaction.mq.tutorial.add;
   1.489  
   1.490 -      <para>Commands that check the working directory all take an
   1.491 +      <para id="x_3e2">Commands that check the working directory all take an
   1.492  	<quote>I know what I'm doing</quote> option, which is always
   1.493  	named <option>-f</option>.  The exact meaning of
   1.494  	<option>-f</option> depends on the command.  For example,
   1.495 @@ -480,14 +479,14 @@
   1.496      <sect2>
   1.497        <title>Working on several patches at once</title>
   1.498  
   1.499 -      <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> command
   1.500 +      <para id="x_3e3">The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> command
   1.501  	always refreshes the <emphasis>topmost</emphasis> applied
   1.502  	patch.  This means that you can suspend work on one patch (by
   1.503  	refreshing it), pop or push to make a different patch the top,
   1.504  	and work on <emphasis>that</emphasis> patch for a
   1.505  	while.</para>
   1.506  
   1.507 -      <para>Here's an example that illustrates how you can use this
   1.508 +      <para id="x_3e4">Here's an example that illustrates how you can use this
   1.509  	ability. Let's say you're developing a new feature as two
   1.510  	patches.  The first is a change to the core of your software,
   1.511  	and the second&emdash;layered on top of the
   1.512 @@ -503,10 +502,10 @@
   1.513  
   1.514      </sect2>
   1.515    </sect1>
   1.516 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.adv-patch">
   1.517 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:adv-patch">
   1.518      <title>More about patches</title>
   1.519  
   1.520 -    <para>MQ uses the GNU <command>patch</command> command to apply
   1.521 +    <para id="x_3e5">MQ uses the GNU <command>patch</command> command to apply
   1.522        patches, so it's helpful to know a few more detailed aspects of
   1.523        how <command>patch</command> works, and about patches
   1.524        themselves.</para>
   1.525 @@ -514,14 +513,14 @@
   1.526      <sect2>
   1.527        <title>The strip count</title>
   1.528  
   1.529 -      <para>If you look at the file headers in a patch, you will
   1.530 +      <para id="x_3e6">If you look at the file headers in a patch, you will
   1.531  	notice that the pathnames usually have an extra component on
   1.532  	the front that isn't present in the actual path name.  This is
   1.533  	a holdover from the way that people used to generate patches
   1.534  	(people still do this, but it's somewhat rare with modern
   1.535  	revision control tools).</para>
   1.536  
   1.537 -      <para>Alice would unpack a tarball, edit her files, then decide
   1.538 +      <para id="x_3e7">Alice would unpack a tarball, edit her files, then decide
   1.539  	that she wanted to create a patch.  So she'd rename her
   1.540  	working directory, unpack the tarball again (hence the need
   1.541  	for the rename), and use the <option
   1.542 @@ -534,7 +533,7 @@
   1.543  	header, and the name of the modified directory would be at the
   1.544  	front of the right-hand path.</para>
   1.545  
   1.546 -      <para>Since someone receiving a patch from the Alices of the net
   1.547 +      <para id="x_3e8">Since someone receiving a patch from the Alices of the net
   1.548  	would be unlikely to have unmodified and modified directories
   1.549  	with exactly the same names, the <command>patch</command>
   1.550  	command has a <option role="cmd-opt-patch">-p</option> option
   1.551 @@ -542,7 +541,7 @@
   1.552  	strip when trying to apply a patch.  This number is called the
   1.553  	<emphasis>strip count</emphasis>.</para>
   1.554  
   1.555 -      <para>An option of <quote><literal>-p1</literal></quote> means
   1.556 +      <para id="x_3e9">An option of <quote><literal>-p1</literal></quote> means
   1.557  	<quote>use a strip count of one</quote>.  If
   1.558  	<command>patch</command> sees a file name
   1.559  	<filename>foo/bar/baz</filename> in a file header, it will
   1.560 @@ -555,7 +554,7 @@
   1.561  	but <filename>/foo/bar</filename> (notice the extra leading
   1.562  	slash) into <filename>foo/bar</filename>.)</para>
   1.563  
   1.564 -      <para>The <quote>standard</quote> strip count for patches is
   1.565 +      <para id="x_3ea">The <quote>standard</quote> strip count for patches is
   1.566  	one; almost all patches contain one leading path name
   1.567  	component that needs to be stripped. Mercurial's <command
   1.568  	  role="hg-cmd">hg diff</command> command generates path names
   1.569 @@ -563,7 +562,7 @@
   1.570  	  import</command> command and MQ expect patches to have a
   1.571  	strip count of one.</para>
   1.572  
   1.573 -      <para>If you receive a patch from someone that you want to add
   1.574 +      <para id="x_3eb">If you receive a patch from someone that you want to add
   1.575  	to your patch queue, and the patch needs a strip count other
   1.576  	than one, you cannot just <command
   1.577  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qimport</command> the patch, because
   1.578 @@ -584,14 +583,14 @@
   1.579      <sect2>
   1.580        <title>Strategies for applying a patch</title>
   1.581  
   1.582 -      <para>When <command>patch</command> applies a hunk, it tries a
   1.583 +      <para id="x_3ec">When <command>patch</command> applies a hunk, it tries a
   1.584  	handful of successively less accurate strategies to try to
   1.585  	make the hunk apply. This falling-back technique often makes
   1.586  	it possible to take a patch that was generated against an old
   1.587  	version of a file, and apply it against a newer version of
   1.588  	that file.</para>
   1.589  
   1.590 -      <para>First, <command>patch</command> tries an exact match,
   1.591 +      <para id="x_3ed">First, <command>patch</command> tries an exact match,
   1.592  	where the line numbers, the context, and the text to be
   1.593  	modified must apply exactly.  If it cannot make an exact
   1.594  	match, it tries to find an exact match for the context,
   1.595 @@ -600,7 +599,7 @@
   1.596  	applied, but at some <emphasis>offset</emphasis> from the
   1.597  	original line number.</para>
   1.598  
   1.599 -      <para>If a context-only match fails, <command>patch</command>
   1.600 +      <para id="x_3ee">If a context-only match fails, <command>patch</command>
   1.601  	removes the first and last lines of the context, and tries a
   1.602  	<emphasis>reduced</emphasis> context-only match.  If the hunk
   1.603  	with reduced context succeeds, it prints a message saying that
   1.604 @@ -609,7 +608,7 @@
   1.605  	context <command>patch</command> had to trim before the patch
   1.606  	applied).</para>
   1.607  
   1.608 -      <para>When neither of these techniques works,
   1.609 +      <para id="x_3ef">When neither of these techniques works,
   1.610  	<command>patch</command> prints a message saying that the hunk
   1.611  	in question was rejected.  It saves rejected hunks (also
   1.612  	simply called <quote>rejects</quote>) to a file with the same
   1.613 @@ -629,36 +628,36 @@
   1.614      <sect2>
   1.615        <title>Some quirks of patch representation</title>
   1.616  
   1.617 -      <para>There are a few useful things to know about how
   1.618 +      <para id="x_3f0">There are a few useful things to know about how
   1.619  	<command>patch</command> works with files.</para>
   1.620        <itemizedlist>
   1.621 -	<listitem><para>This should already be obvious, but
   1.622 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f1">This should already be obvious, but
   1.623  	    <command>patch</command> cannot handle binary
   1.624  	    files.</para>
   1.625  	</listitem>
   1.626 -	<listitem><para>Neither does it care about the executable bit;
   1.627 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f2">Neither does it care about the executable bit;
   1.628  	    it creates new files as readable, but not
   1.629  	    executable.</para>
   1.630  	</listitem>
   1.631 -	<listitem><para><command>patch</command> treats the removal of
   1.632 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f3"><command>patch</command> treats the removal of
   1.633  	    a file as a diff between the file to be removed and the
   1.634  	    empty file.  So your idea of <quote>I deleted this
   1.635  	      file</quote> looks like <quote>every line of this file
   1.636  	      was deleted</quote> in a patch.</para>
   1.637  	</listitem>
   1.638 -	<listitem><para>It treats the addition of a file as a diff
   1.639 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f4">It treats the addition of a file as a diff
   1.640  	    between the empty file and the file to be added.  So in a
   1.641  	    patch, your idea of <quote>I added this file</quote> looks
   1.642  	    like <quote>every line of this file was
   1.643  	      added</quote>.</para>
   1.644  	</listitem>
   1.645 -	<listitem><para>It treats a renamed file as the removal of the
   1.646 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f5">It treats a renamed file as the removal of the
   1.647  	    old name, and the addition of the new name.  This means
   1.648  	    that renamed files have a big footprint in patches.  (Note
   1.649  	    also that Mercurial does not currently try to infer when
   1.650  	    files have been renamed or copied in a patch.)</para>
   1.651  	</listitem>
   1.652 -	<listitem><para><command>patch</command> cannot represent
   1.653 +	<listitem><para id="x_3f6"><command>patch</command> cannot represent
   1.654  	    empty files, so you cannot use a patch to represent the
   1.655  	    notion <quote>I added this empty file to the
   1.656  	      tree</quote>.</para>
   1.657 @@ -667,7 +666,7 @@
   1.658      <sect2>
   1.659        <title>Beware the fuzz</title>
   1.660  
   1.661 -      <para>While applying a hunk at an offset, or with a fuzz factor,
   1.662 +      <para id="x_3f7">While applying a hunk at an offset, or with a fuzz factor,
   1.663  	will often be completely successful, these inexact techniques
   1.664  	naturally leave open the possibility of corrupting the patched
   1.665  	file.  The most common cases typically involve applying a
   1.666 @@ -677,7 +676,7 @@
   1.667  	fuzz factor, you should make sure that the modified files are
   1.668  	correct afterwards.</para>
   1.669  
   1.670 -      <para>It's often a good idea to refresh a patch that has applied
   1.671 +      <para id="x_3f8">It's often a good idea to refresh a patch that has applied
   1.672  	with an offset or fuzz factor; refreshing the patch generates
   1.673  	new context information that will make it apply cleanly.  I
   1.674  	say <quote>often,</quote> not <quote>always,</quote> because
   1.675 @@ -692,30 +691,29 @@
   1.676      <sect2>
   1.677        <title>Handling rejection</title>
   1.678  
   1.679 -      <para>If <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> fails to
   1.680 +      <para id="x_3f9">If <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> fails to
   1.681  	apply a patch, it will print an error message and exit.  If it
   1.682  	has left <filename role="special">.rej</filename> files
   1.683  	behind, it is usually best to fix up the rejected hunks before
   1.684  	you push more patches or do any further work.</para>
   1.685  
   1.686 -      <para>If your patch <emphasis>used to</emphasis> apply cleanly,
   1.687 +      <para id="x_3fa">If your patch <emphasis>used to</emphasis> apply cleanly,
   1.688  	and no longer does because you've changed the underlying code
   1.689  	that your patches are based on, Mercurial Queues can help; see
   1.690 -	section <xref
   1.691 -	  linkend="sec.mq.merge"/> for details.</para>
   1.692 -
   1.693 -      <para>Unfortunately, there aren't any great techniques for
   1.694 +	<xref linkend="sec:mq:merge"/> for details.</para>
   1.695 +
   1.696 +      <para id="x_3fb">Unfortunately, there aren't any great techniques for
   1.697  	dealing with rejected hunks.  Most often, you'll need to view
   1.698  	the <filename role="special">.rej</filename> file and edit the
   1.699  	target file, applying the rejected hunks by hand.</para>
   1.700  
   1.701 -      <para>If you're feeling adventurous, Neil Brown, a Linux kernel
   1.702 +      <para id="x_3fc">If you're feeling adventurous, Neil Brown, a Linux kernel
   1.703  	hacker, wrote a tool called <command>wiggle</command>
   1.704  	<citation>web:wiggle</citation>, which is more vigorous than
   1.705  	<command>patch</command> in its attempts to make a patch
   1.706  	apply.</para>
   1.707  
   1.708 -      <para>Another Linux kernel hacker, Chris Mason (the author of
   1.709 +      <para id="x_3fd">Another Linux kernel hacker, Chris Mason (the author of
   1.710  	Mercurial Queues), wrote a similar tool called
   1.711  	<command>mpatch</command> <citation>web:mpatch</citation>,
   1.712  	which takes a simple approach to automating the application of
   1.713 @@ -724,21 +722,21 @@
   1.714  	reasons that a hunk may be rejected:</para>
   1.715  
   1.716        <itemizedlist>
   1.717 -	<listitem><para>The context in the middle of a hunk has
   1.718 +	<listitem><para id="x_3fe">The context in the middle of a hunk has
   1.719  	    changed.</para>
   1.720  	</listitem>
   1.721 -	<listitem><para>A hunk is missing some context at the
   1.722 +	<listitem><para id="x_3ff">A hunk is missing some context at the
   1.723  	    beginning or end.</para>
   1.724  	</listitem>
   1.725 -	<listitem><para>A large hunk might apply better&emdash;either
   1.726 +	<listitem><para id="x_400">A large hunk might apply better&emdash;either
   1.727  	    entirely or in part&emdash;if it was broken up into
   1.728  	    smaller hunks.</para>
   1.729  	</listitem>
   1.730 -	<listitem><para>A hunk removes lines with slightly different
   1.731 +	<listitem><para id="x_401">A hunk removes lines with slightly different
   1.732  	    content than those currently present in the file.</para>
   1.733  	</listitem></itemizedlist>
   1.734  
   1.735 -      <para>If you use <command>wiggle</command> or
   1.736 +      <para id="x_402">If you use <command>wiggle</command> or
   1.737  	<command>mpatch</command>, you should be doubly careful to
   1.738  	check your results when you're done.  In fact,
   1.739  	<command>mpatch</command> enforces this method of
   1.740 @@ -749,10 +747,10 @@
   1.741  
   1.742      </sect2>
   1.743    </sect1>
   1.744 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.perf">
   1.745 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:perf">
   1.746      <title>Getting the best performance out of MQ</title>
   1.747  
   1.748 -    <para>MQ is very efficient at handling a large number of patches.
   1.749 +    <para id="x_403">MQ is very efficient at handling a large number of patches.
   1.750        I ran some performance experiments in mid-2006 for a talk that I
   1.751        gave at the 2006 EuroPython conference
   1.752        <citation>web:europython</citation>.  I used as my data set the
   1.753 @@ -761,7 +759,7 @@
   1.754        all 27,472 revisions between Linux 2.6.12-rc2 and Linux
   1.755        2.6.17.</para>
   1.756  
   1.757 -    <para>On my old, slow laptop, I was able to <command
   1.758 +    <para id="x_404">On my old, slow laptop, I was able to <command
   1.759  	role="hg-cmd">hg qpush <option
   1.760  	  role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">hg -a</option></command> all
   1.761        1,738 patches in 3.5 minutes, and <command role="hg-cmd">hg qpop
   1.762 @@ -772,11 +770,11 @@
   1.763        (which made 22,779 lines of changes to 287 files) in 6.6
   1.764        seconds.</para>
   1.765  
   1.766 -    <para>Clearly, MQ is well suited to working in large trees, but
   1.767 +    <para id="x_405">Clearly, MQ is well suited to working in large trees, but
   1.768        there are a few tricks you can use to get the best performance
   1.769        of it.</para>
   1.770  
   1.771 -    <para>First of all, try to <quote>batch</quote> operations
   1.772 +    <para id="x_406">First of all, try to <quote>batch</quote> operations
   1.773        together.  Every time you run <command
   1.774  	role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> or <command
   1.775  	role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command>, these commands scan the
   1.776 @@ -787,7 +785,7 @@
   1.777        medium-sized tree (containing tens of thousands of files), it
   1.778        can take a second or more.</para>
   1.779  
   1.780 -    <para>The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> and <command
   1.781 +    <para id="x_407">The <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> and <command
   1.782  	role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> commands allow you to push and
   1.783        pop multiple patches at a time.  You can identify the
   1.784        <quote>destination patch</quote> that you want to end up at.
   1.785 @@ -797,17 +795,17 @@
   1.786  	role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> to a destination, MQ will pop
   1.787        patches until the destination patch is at the top.</para>
   1.788  
   1.789 -    <para>You can identify a destination patch using either the name
   1.790 +    <para id="x_408">You can identify a destination patch using either the name
   1.791        of the patch, or by number.  If you use numeric addressing,
   1.792        patches are counted from zero; this means that the first patch
   1.793        is zero, the second is one, and so on.</para>
   1.794  
   1.795    </sect1>
   1.796 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.merge">
   1.797 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:merge">
   1.798      <title>Updating your patches when the underlying code
   1.799        changes</title>
   1.800  
   1.801 -    <para>It's common to have a stack of patches on top of an
   1.802 +    <para id="x_409">It's common to have a stack of patches on top of an
   1.803        underlying repository that you don't modify directly.  If you're
   1.804        working on changes to third-party code, or on a feature that is
   1.805        taking longer to develop than the rate of change of the code
   1.806 @@ -816,7 +814,7 @@
   1.807        This is called <emphasis>rebasing</emphasis> your patch
   1.808        series.</para>
   1.809  
   1.810 -    <para>The simplest way to do this is to <command role="hg-cmd">hg
   1.811 +    <para id="x_40a">The simplest way to do this is to <command role="hg-cmd">hg
   1.812  	qpop <option role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpop-opt">hg
   1.813  	  -a</option></command> your patches, then <command
   1.814  	role="hg-cmd">hg pull</command> changes into the underlying
   1.815 @@ -828,26 +826,26 @@
   1.816        affected patch, and continue pushing until you have fixed your
   1.817        entire stack.</para>
   1.818  
   1.819 -    <para>This approach is easy to use and works well if you don't
   1.820 +    <para id="x_40b">This approach is easy to use and works well if you don't
   1.821        expect changes to the underlying code to affect how well your
   1.822        patches apply. If your patch stack touches code that is modified
   1.823        frequently or invasively in the underlying repository, however,
   1.824        fixing up rejected hunks by hand quickly becomes
   1.825        tiresome.</para>
   1.826  
   1.827 -    <para>It's possible to partially automate the rebasing process.
   1.828 +    <para id="x_40c">It's possible to partially automate the rebasing process.
   1.829        If your patches apply cleanly against some revision of the
   1.830        underlying repo, MQ can use this information to help you to
   1.831        resolve conflicts between your patches and a different
   1.832        revision.</para>
   1.833  
   1.834 -    <para>The process is a little involved.</para>
   1.835 +    <para id="x_40d">The process is a little involved.</para>
   1.836      <orderedlist>
   1.837 -      <listitem><para>To begin, <command role="hg-cmd">hg qpush
   1.838 +      <listitem><para id="x_40e">To begin, <command role="hg-cmd">hg qpush
   1.839  	    -a</command> all of your patches on top of the revision
   1.840  	  where you know that they apply cleanly.</para>
   1.841        </listitem>
   1.842 -      <listitem><para>Save a backup copy of your patch directory using
   1.843 +      <listitem><para id="x_40f">Save a backup copy of your patch directory using
   1.844  	  <command role="hg-cmd">hg qsave <option
   1.845  	      role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qsave-opt">hg -e</option> <option
   1.846  	      role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qsave-opt">hg -c</option></command>.
   1.847 @@ -861,17 +859,17 @@
   1.848  	  states of the <filename role="special">series</filename> and
   1.849  	  <filename role="special">status</filename> files.</para>
   1.850        </listitem>
   1.851 -      <listitem><para>Use <command role="hg-cmd">hg pull</command> to
   1.852 +      <listitem><para id="x_410">Use <command role="hg-cmd">hg pull</command> to
   1.853  	  bring new changes into the underlying repository.  (Don't
   1.854  	  run <command role="hg-cmd">hg pull -u</command>; see below
   1.855  	  for why.)</para>
   1.856        </listitem>
   1.857 -      <listitem><para>Update to the new tip revision, using <command
   1.858 +      <listitem><para id="x_411">Update to the new tip revision, using <command
   1.859  	    role="hg-cmd">hg update <option
   1.860  	      role="hg-opt-update">-C</option></command> to override
   1.861  	  the patches you have pushed.</para>
   1.862        </listitem>
   1.863 -      <listitem><para>Merge all patches using <command>hg qpush -m
   1.864 +      <listitem><para id="x_412">Merge all patches using <command>hg qpush -m
   1.865  	    -a</command>.  The <option
   1.866  	    role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">-m</option> option to
   1.867  	  <command role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> tells MQ to
   1.868 @@ -879,7 +877,7 @@
   1.869  	  apply.</para>
   1.870        </listitem></orderedlist>
   1.871  
   1.872 -    <para>During the <command role="hg-cmd">hg qpush <option
   1.873 +    <para id="x_413">During the <command role="hg-cmd">hg qpush <option
   1.874  	  role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qpush-opt">hg -m</option></command>,
   1.875        each patch in the <filename role="special">series</filename>
   1.876        file is applied normally.  If a patch applies with fuzz or
   1.877 @@ -889,10 +887,10 @@
   1.878        Mercurial's normal merge machinery, so it may pop up a GUI merge
   1.879        tool to help you to resolve problems.</para>
   1.880  
   1.881 -    <para>When you finish resolving the effects of a patch, MQ
   1.882 +    <para id="x_414">When you finish resolving the effects of a patch, MQ
   1.883        refreshes your patch based on the result of the merge.</para>
   1.884  
   1.885 -    <para>At the end of this process, your repository will have one
   1.886 +    <para id="x_415">At the end of this process, your repository will have one
   1.887        extra head from the old patch queue, and a copy of the old patch
   1.888        queue will be in <filename role="special"
   1.889  	class="directory">.hg/patches.N</filename>. You can remove the
   1.890 @@ -906,26 +904,26 @@
   1.891    <sect1>
   1.892      <title>Identifying patches</title>
   1.893  
   1.894 -    <para>MQ commands that work with patches let you refer to a patch
   1.895 +    <para id="x_416">MQ commands that work with patches let you refer to a patch
   1.896        either by using its name or by a number.  By name is obvious
   1.897        enough; pass the name <filename>foo.patch</filename> to <command
   1.898  	role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command>, for example, and it will
   1.899        push patches until <filename>foo.patch</filename> is
   1.900        applied.</para>
   1.901  
   1.902 -    <para>As a shortcut, you can refer to a patch using both a name
   1.903 +    <para id="x_417">As a shortcut, you can refer to a patch using both a name
   1.904        and a numeric offset; <literal>foo.patch-2</literal> means
   1.905        <quote>two patches before <literal>foo.patch</literal></quote>,
   1.906        while <literal>bar.patch+4</literal> means <quote>four patches
   1.907  	after <literal>bar.patch</literal></quote>.</para>
   1.908  
   1.909 -    <para>Referring to a patch by index isn't much different.  The
   1.910 +    <para id="x_418">Referring to a patch by index isn't much different.  The
   1.911        first patch printed in the output of <command
   1.912  	role="hg-ext-mq">qseries</command> is patch zero (yes, it's
   1.913        one of those start-at-zero counting systems); the second is
   1.914        patch one; and so on.</para>
   1.915  
   1.916 -    <para>MQ also makes it easy to work with patches when you are
   1.917 +    <para id="x_419">MQ also makes it easy to work with patches when you are
   1.918        using normal Mercurial commands.  Every command that accepts a
   1.919        changeset ID will also accept the name of an applied patch.  MQ
   1.920        augments the tags normally in the repository with an eponymous
   1.921 @@ -935,28 +933,28 @@
   1.922        the <quote>bottom-most</quote> and topmost applied patches,
   1.923        respectively.</para>
   1.924  
   1.925 -    <para>These additions to Mercurial's normal tagging capabilities
   1.926 +    <para id="x_41a">These additions to Mercurial's normal tagging capabilities
   1.927        make dealing with patches even more of a breeze.</para>
   1.928      <itemizedlist>
   1.929 -      <listitem><para>Want to patchbomb a mailing list with your
   1.930 +      <listitem><para id="x_41b">Want to patchbomb a mailing list with your
   1.931  	  latest series of changes?</para>
   1.932  	<programlisting>hg email qbase:qtip</programlisting>
   1.933 -	<para>  (Don't know what <quote>patchbombing</quote> is?  See
   1.934 -	  section <xref linkend="sec.hgext.patchbomb"/>.)</para>
   1.935 +	<para id="x_41c">  (Don't know what <quote>patchbombing</quote> is?  See
   1.936 +	  <xref linkend="sec:hgext:patchbomb"/>.)</para>
   1.937        </listitem>
   1.938 -      <listitem><para>Need to see all of the patches since
   1.939 +      <listitem><para id="x_41d">Need to see all of the patches since
   1.940  	  <literal>foo.patch</literal> that have touched files in a
   1.941  	  subdirectory of your tree?</para>
   1.942  	<programlisting>hg log -r foo.patch:qtip subdir</programlisting>
   1.943        </listitem>
   1.944      </itemizedlist>
   1.945  
   1.946 -    <para>Because MQ makes the names of patches available to the rest
   1.947 +    <para id="x_41e">Because MQ makes the names of patches available to the rest
   1.948        of Mercurial through its normal internal tag machinery, you
   1.949        don't need to type in the entire name of a patch when you want
   1.950        to identify it by name.</para>
   1.951  
   1.952 -    <para>Another nice consequence of representing patch names as tags
   1.953 +    <para id="x_41f">Another nice consequence of representing patch names as tags
   1.954        is that when you run the <command role="hg-cmd">hg log</command>
   1.955        command, it will display a patch's name as a tag, simply as part
   1.956        of its normal output.  This makes it easy to visually
   1.957 @@ -971,21 +969,21 @@
   1.958    <sect1>
   1.959      <title>Useful things to know about</title>
   1.960  
   1.961 -    <para>There are a number of aspects of MQ usage that don't fit
   1.962 +    <para id="x_420">There are a number of aspects of MQ usage that don't fit
   1.963        tidily into sections of their own, but that are good to know.
   1.964        Here they are, in one place.</para>
   1.965  
   1.966      <itemizedlist>
   1.967 -      <listitem><para>Normally, when you <command
   1.968 +      <listitem><para id="x_421">Normally, when you <command
   1.969  	    role="hg-ext-mq">qpop</command> a patch and <command
   1.970  	    role="hg-ext-mq">qpush</command> it again, the changeset
   1.971  	  that represents the patch after the pop/push will have a
   1.972  	  <emphasis>different identity</emphasis> than the changeset
   1.973 -	  that represented the hash beforehand.  See section <xref
   1.974 -	    linkend="sec.mqref.cmd.qpush"/> for
   1.975 +	  that represented the hash beforehand.  See <xref
   1.976 +	    linkend="sec:mqref:cmd:qpush"/> for
   1.977  	  information as to why this is.</para>
   1.978        </listitem>
   1.979 -      <listitem><para>It's not a good idea to <command
   1.980 +      <listitem><para id="x_422">It's not a good idea to <command
   1.981  	    role="hg-cmd">hg merge</command> changes from another
   1.982  	  branch with a patch changeset, at least if you want to
   1.983  	  maintain the <quote>patchiness</quote> of that changeset and
   1.984 @@ -995,16 +993,16 @@
   1.985        </listitem></itemizedlist>
   1.986  
   1.987    </sect1>
   1.988 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.repo">
   1.989 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:repo">
   1.990      <title>Managing patches in a repository</title>
   1.991  
   1.992 -    <para>Because MQ's <filename role="special"
   1.993 +    <para id="x_423">Because MQ's <filename role="special"
   1.994  	class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory resides
   1.995        outside a Mercurial repository's working directory, the
   1.996        <quote>underlying</quote> Mercurial repository knows nothing
   1.997        about the management or presence of patches.</para>
   1.998  
   1.999 -    <para>This presents the interesting possibility of managing the
  1.1000 +    <para id="x_424">This presents the interesting possibility of managing the
  1.1001        contents of the patch directory as a Mercurial repository in its
  1.1002        own right.  This can be a useful way to work.  For example, you
  1.1003        can work on a patch for a while, <command
  1.1004 @@ -1013,7 +1011,7 @@
  1.1005        patch.  This lets you <quote>roll back</quote> to that version
  1.1006        of the patch later on.</para>
  1.1007  
  1.1008 -    <para>You can then share different versions of the same patch
  1.1009 +    <para id="x_425">You can then share different versions of the same patch
  1.1010        stack among multiple underlying repositories.  I use this when I
  1.1011        am developing a Linux kernel feature.  I have a pristine copy of
  1.1012        my kernel sources for each of several CPU architectures, and a
  1.1013 @@ -1023,7 +1021,7 @@
  1.1014        associated with that kernel tree, pop and push all of my
  1.1015        patches, and build and test that kernel.</para>
  1.1016  
  1.1017 -    <para>Managing patches in a repository makes it possible for
  1.1018 +    <para id="x_426">Managing patches in a repository makes it possible for
  1.1019        multiple developers to work on the same patch series without
  1.1020        colliding with each other, all on top of an underlying source
  1.1021        base that they may or may not control.</para>
  1.1022 @@ -1031,7 +1029,7 @@
  1.1023      <sect2>
  1.1024        <title>MQ support for patch repositories</title>
  1.1025  
  1.1026 -      <para>MQ helps you to work with the <filename role="special"
  1.1027 +      <para id="x_427">MQ helps you to work with the <filename role="special"
  1.1028  	  class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory as a
  1.1029  	repository; when you prepare a repository for working with
  1.1030  	patches using <command role="hg-ext-mq">qinit</command>, you
  1.1031 @@ -1041,7 +1039,7 @@
  1.1032  	Mercurial repository.</para>
  1.1033  
  1.1034        <note>
  1.1035 -	<para>  If you forget to use the <option
  1.1036 +	<para id="x_428">  If you forget to use the <option
  1.1037  	    role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qinit-opt">hg -c</option> option, you
  1.1038  	  can simply go into the <filename role="special"
  1.1039  	    class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory at any
  1.1040 @@ -1050,25 +1048,25 @@
  1.1041  	    role="special">status</filename> file to the <filename
  1.1042  	    role="special">.hgignore</filename> file, though</para>
  1.1043  
  1.1044 -	<para>  (<command role="hg-cmd">hg qinit <option
  1.1045 +	<para id="x_429">  (<command role="hg-cmd">hg qinit <option
  1.1046  	      role="hg-ext-mq-cmd-qinit-opt">hg -c</option></command>
  1.1047  	  does this for you automatically); you
  1.1048  	  <emphasis>really</emphasis> don't want to manage the
  1.1049  	  <filename role="special">status</filename> file.</para>
  1.1050        </note>
  1.1051  
  1.1052 -      <para>As a convenience, if MQ notices that the <filename
  1.1053 +      <para id="x_42a">As a convenience, if MQ notices that the <filename
  1.1054  	  class="directory">.hg/patches</filename> directory is a
  1.1055  	repository, it will automatically <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1056  	  add</command> every patch that you create and import.</para>
  1.1057  
  1.1058 -      <para>MQ provides a shortcut command, <command
  1.1059 +      <para id="x_42b">MQ provides a shortcut command, <command
  1.1060  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qcommit</command>, that runs <command
  1.1061  	  role="hg-cmd">hg commit</command> in the <filename
  1.1062  	  role="special" class="directory">.hg/patches</filename>
  1.1063  	directory.  This saves some bothersome typing.</para>
  1.1064  
  1.1065 -      <para>Finally, as a convenience to manage the patch directory,
  1.1066 +      <para id="x_42c">Finally, as a convenience to manage the patch directory,
  1.1067  	you can define the alias <command>mq</command> on Unix
  1.1068  	systems. For example, on Linux systems using the
  1.1069  	<command>bash</command> shell, you can include the following
  1.1070 @@ -1077,17 +1075,17 @@
  1.1071  
  1.1072        <programlisting>alias mq=`hg -R $(hg root)/.hg/patches'</programlisting>
  1.1073  
  1.1074 -      <para>You can then issue commands of the form <command>mq
  1.1075 +      <para id="x_42d">You can then issue commands of the form <command>mq
  1.1076  	  pull</command> from the main repository.</para>
  1.1077  
  1.1078      </sect2>
  1.1079      <sect2>
  1.1080        <title>A few things to watch out for</title>
  1.1081  
  1.1082 -      <para>MQ's support for working with a repository full of patches
  1.1083 +      <para id="x_42e">MQ's support for working with a repository full of patches
  1.1084  	is limited in a few small respects.</para>
  1.1085  
  1.1086 -      <para>MQ cannot automatically detect changes that you make to
  1.1087 +      <para id="x_42f">MQ cannot automatically detect changes that you make to
  1.1088  	the patch directory.  If you <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1089  	  pull</command>, manually edit, or <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1090  	  update</command> changes to patches or the <filename
  1.1091 @@ -1102,14 +1100,14 @@
  1.1092  
  1.1093      </sect2>
  1.1094    </sect1>
  1.1095 -  <sect1 id="sec.mq.tools">
  1.1096 +  <sect1 id="sec:mq:tools">
  1.1097      <title>Third party tools for working with patches</title>
  1.1098  
  1.1099 -    <para>Once you've been working with patches for a while, you'll
  1.1100 +    <para id="x_430">Once you've been working with patches for a while, you'll
  1.1101        find yourself hungry for tools that will help you to understand
  1.1102        and manipulate the patches you're dealing with.</para>
  1.1103  
  1.1104 -    <para>The <command>diffstat</command> command
  1.1105 +    <para id="x_431">The <command>diffstat</command> command
  1.1106        <citation>web:diffstat</citation> generates a histogram of the
  1.1107        modifications made to each file in a patch.  It provides a good
  1.1108        way to <quote>get a sense of</quote> a patch&emdash;which files
  1.1109 @@ -1123,7 +1121,7 @@
  1.1110  
  1.1111  &interaction.mq.tools.tools;
  1.1112  
  1.1113 -    <para>The <literal role="package">patchutils</literal> package
  1.1114 +    <para id="x_432">The <literal role="package">patchutils</literal> package
  1.1115        <citation>web:patchutils</citation> is invaluable. It provides a
  1.1116        set of small utilities that follow the <quote>Unix
  1.1117  	philosophy;</quote> each does one useful thing with a patch.
  1.1118 @@ -1133,21 +1131,21 @@
  1.1119        hundreds of files across dozens of directories, a single
  1.1120        invocation of <command>filterdiff</command> can generate a
  1.1121        smaller patch that only touches files whose names match a
  1.1122 -      particular glob pattern.  See section <xref
  1.1123 -	linkend="mq-collab.tips.interdiff"/> for another
  1.1124 +      particular glob pattern.  See <xref
  1.1125 +	linkend="mq-collab:tips:interdiff"/> for another
  1.1126        example.</para>
  1.1127  
  1.1128    </sect1>
  1.1129    <sect1>
  1.1130      <title>Good ways to work with patches</title>
  1.1131  
  1.1132 -    <para>Whether you are working on a patch series to submit to a
  1.1133 +    <para id="x_433">Whether you are working on a patch series to submit to a
  1.1134        free software or open source project, or a series that you
  1.1135        intend to treat as a sequence of regular changesets when you're
  1.1136        done, you can use some simple techniques to keep your work well
  1.1137        organised.</para>
  1.1138  
  1.1139 -    <para>Give your patches descriptive names.  A good name for a
  1.1140 +    <para id="x_434">Give your patches descriptive names.  A good name for a
  1.1141        patch might be <filename>rework-device-alloc.patch</filename>,
  1.1142        because it will immediately give you a hint what the purpose of
  1.1143        the patch is.  Long names shouldn't be a problem; you won't be
  1.1144 @@ -1159,7 +1157,7 @@
  1.1145        to work with, or if you are juggling a number of different tasks
  1.1146        and your patches only get a fraction of your attention.</para>
  1.1147  
  1.1148 -    <para>Be aware of what patch you're working on.  Use the <command
  1.1149 +    <para id="x_435">Be aware of what patch you're working on.  Use the <command
  1.1150  	role="hg-ext-mq">qtop</command> command and skim over the text
  1.1151        of your patches frequently&emdash;for example, using <command
  1.1152  	role="hg-cmd">hg tip <option
  1.1153 @@ -1169,9 +1167,9 @@
  1.1154        one I intended, and it's often tricky to migrate changes into
  1.1155        the right patch after making them in the wrong one.</para>
  1.1156  
  1.1157 -    <para>For this reason, it is very much worth investing a little
  1.1158 +    <para id="x_436">For this reason, it is very much worth investing a little
  1.1159        time to learn how to use some of the third-party tools I
  1.1160 -      described in section <xref linkend="sec.mq.tools"/>,
  1.1161 +      described in <xref linkend="sec:mq:tools"/>,
  1.1162        particularly
  1.1163        <command>diffstat</command> and <command>filterdiff</command>.
  1.1164        The former will give you a quick idea of what changes your patch
  1.1165 @@ -1185,28 +1183,28 @@
  1.1166      <sect2>
  1.1167        <title>Manage <quote>trivial</quote> patches</title>
  1.1168  
  1.1169 -      <para>Because the overhead of dropping files into a new
  1.1170 +      <para id="x_437">Because the overhead of dropping files into a new
  1.1171  	Mercurial repository is so low, it makes a lot of sense to
  1.1172  	manage patches this way even if you simply want to make a few
  1.1173  	changes to a source tarball that you downloaded.</para>
  1.1174  
  1.1175 -      <para>Begin by downloading and unpacking the source tarball, and
  1.1176 +      <para id="x_438">Begin by downloading and unpacking the source tarball, and
  1.1177  	turning it into a Mercurial repository.</para>
  1.1178  
  1.1179        &interaction.mq.tarball.download;
  1.1180  
  1.1181 -      <para>Continue by creating a patch stack and making your
  1.1182 +      <para id="x_439">Continue by creating a patch stack and making your
  1.1183  	changes.</para>
  1.1184  
  1.1185        &interaction.mq.tarball.qinit;
  1.1186  
  1.1187 -      <para>Let's say a few weeks or months pass, and your package
  1.1188 +      <para id="x_43a">Let's say a few weeks or months pass, and your package
  1.1189  	author releases a new version.  First, bring their changes
  1.1190  	into the repository.</para>
  1.1191  
  1.1192        &interaction.mq.tarball.newsource;
  1.1193  
  1.1194 -      <para>The pipeline starting with <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1195 +      <para id="x_43b">The pipeline starting with <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1196  	  locate</command> above deletes all files in the working
  1.1197  	directory, so that <command role="hg-cmd">hg
  1.1198  	  commit</command>'s <option
  1.1199 @@ -1214,16 +1212,16 @@
  1.1200  	actually tell which files have really been removed in the
  1.1201  	newer version of the source.</para>
  1.1202  
  1.1203 -      <para>Finally, you can apply your patches on top of the new
  1.1204 +      <para id="x_43c">Finally, you can apply your patches on top of the new
  1.1205  	tree.</para>
  1.1206  
  1.1207        &interaction.mq.tarball.repush;
  1.1208  
  1.1209      </sect2>
  1.1210 -    <sect2 id="sec.mq.combine">
  1.1211 +    <sect2 id="sec:mq:combine">
  1.1212        <title>Combining entire patches</title>
  1.1213  
  1.1214 -      <para>MQ provides a command, <command
  1.1215 +      <para id="x_43d">MQ provides a command, <command
  1.1216  	  role="hg-ext-mq">qfold</command> that lets you combine
  1.1217  	entire patches.  This <quote>folds</quote> the patches you
  1.1218  	name, in the order you name them, into the topmost applied
  1.1219 @@ -1231,7 +1229,7 @@
  1.1220  	description.  The patches that you fold must be unapplied
  1.1221  	before you fold them.</para>
  1.1222  
  1.1223 -      <para>The order in which you fold patches matters.  If your
  1.1224 +      <para id="x_43e">The order in which you fold patches matters.  If your
  1.1225  	topmost applied patch is <literal>foo</literal>, and you
  1.1226  	<command role="hg-ext-mq">qfold</command>
  1.1227  	<literal>bar</literal> and <literal>quux</literal> into it,
  1.1228 @@ -1244,11 +1242,11 @@
  1.1229      <sect2>
  1.1230        <title>Merging part of one patch into another</title>
  1.1231  
  1.1232 -      <para>Merging <emphasis>part</emphasis> of one patch into
  1.1233 +      <para id="x_43f">Merging <emphasis>part</emphasis> of one patch into
  1.1234  	another is more difficult than combining entire
  1.1235  	patches.</para>
  1.1236  
  1.1237 -      <para>If you want to move changes to entire files, you can use
  1.1238 +      <para id="x_440">If you want to move changes to entire files, you can use
  1.1239  	<command>filterdiff</command>'s <option
  1.1240  	  role="cmd-opt-filterdiff">-i</option> and <option
  1.1241  	  role="cmd-opt-filterdiff">-x</option> options to choose the
  1.1242 @@ -1261,7 +1259,7 @@
  1.1243  	<command role="hg-ext-mq">qrefresh</command> the patch to drop
  1.1244  	the duplicate hunks.</para>
  1.1245  
  1.1246 -      <para>If you have a patch that has multiple hunks modifying a
  1.1247 +      <para id="x_441">If you have a patch that has multiple hunks modifying a
  1.1248  	file, and you only want to move a few of those hunks, the job
  1.1249  	becomes more messy, but you can still partly automate it.  Use
  1.1250  	<command>lsdiff -nvv</command> to print some metadata about
  1.1251 @@ -1269,21 +1267,21 @@
  1.1252  
  1.1253        &interaction.mq.tools.lsdiff;
  1.1254  
  1.1255 -      <para>This command prints three different kinds of
  1.1256 +      <para id="x_442">This command prints three different kinds of
  1.1257  	number:</para>
  1.1258        <itemizedlist>
  1.1259 -	<listitem><para>(in the first column) a <emphasis>file
  1.1260 +	<listitem><para id="x_443">(in the first column) a <emphasis>file
  1.1261  	      number</emphasis> to identify each file modified in the
  1.1262  	    patch;</para>
  1.1263  	</listitem>
  1.1264 -	<listitem><para>(on the next line, indented) the line number
  1.1265 +	<listitem><para id="x_444">(on the next line, indented) the line number
  1.1266  	    within a modified file where a hunk starts; and</para>
  1.1267  	</listitem>
  1.1268 -	<listitem><para>(on the same line) a <emphasis>hunk
  1.1269 +	<listitem><para id="x_445">(on the same line) a <emphasis>hunk
  1.1270  	      number</emphasis> to identify that hunk.</para>
  1.1271  	</listitem></itemizedlist>
  1.1272  
  1.1273 -      <para>You'll have to use some visual inspection, and reading of
  1.1274 +      <para id="x_446">You'll have to use some visual inspection, and reading of
  1.1275  	the patch, to identify the file and hunk numbers you'll want,
  1.1276  	but you can then pass them to to
  1.1277  	<command>filterdiff</command>'s <option
  1.1278 @@ -1291,20 +1289,20 @@
  1.1279  	  role="cmd-opt-filterdiff">--hunks</option> options, to
  1.1280  	select exactly the file and hunk you want to extract.</para>
  1.1281  
  1.1282 -      <para>Once you have this hunk, you can concatenate it onto the
  1.1283 +      <para id="x_447">Once you have this hunk, you can concatenate it onto the
  1.1284  	end of your destination patch and continue with the remainder
  1.1285 -	of section <xref linkend="sec.mq.combine"/>.</para>
  1.1286 +	of <xref linkend="sec:mq:combine"/>.</para>
  1.1287  
  1.1288      </sect2>
  1.1289    </sect1>
  1.1290    <sect1>
  1.1291      <title>Differences between quilt and MQ</title>
  1.1292  
  1.1293 -    <para>If you are already familiar with quilt, MQ provides a
  1.1294 +    <para id="x_448">If you are already familiar with quilt, MQ provides a
  1.1295        similar command set.  There are a few differences in the way
  1.1296        that it works.</para>
  1.1297  
  1.1298 -    <para>You will already have noticed that most quilt commands have
  1.1299 +    <para id="x_449">You will already have noticed that most quilt commands have
  1.1300        MQ counterparts that simply begin with a
  1.1301        <quote><literal>q</literal></quote>.  The exceptions are quilt's
  1.1302        <literal>add</literal> and <literal>remove</literal> commands,