[issue2473] Backout works like commit with inverted changes, not like intuitive backout.

[Yury]

New submission from Yury <razoomnick at mail.ru>:

Backout works like commit with inverted changes, not like intuitive backout.

An example of working in this way that makes troubles:

I have a branch named "Test". I made some changes to my project and 
committed them with comment "Flags integration iteration". Then I decide 
that flags integration would take more time and would be better to develop 
it in separate branch. I backed out "Flags integration iteration" changeset 
and committed my version as branch named "Flags". All was fine till I 
finished working with Flags branch and merged it to Test branch. After 
merging some changes of "Flags integration iteration" were missed because 
were reverted in newer revision (backout).

So, I think, would be better implement backout as "true backout", not as 
commit with inverted changes.

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messages: 14276
nosy: Razoomnick
priority: wish
status: unread
title: Backout works like commit with inverted changes, not like intuitive backout.

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