[issue472] Be able to change the parent without modifying the working directory

[Phil]

New submission from Phil <hg.bt.web at secdev.org>:

I'd linke to be able to change the parent of the working directory without
modifying the directory (i.e. update will not fit).

proposed way:
hg parent -r <n>
set parent to revision n.


Use case:
- do something. commit.
- work on the working directory, find a bug, do the "something" another way
- hg parent -- -2
- hg commit
(and maybe hg strip -- -2)

The point to note here is that the bug is usually found too late and updating
back, reverting, fixing and commiting is not possible anymore.

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messages: 2666
nosy: Phil
priority: wish
status: unread
title: Be able to change the parent without modifying the working directory

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