[PATCH] backout: provide linear backout as a default (without --merge option)

Christian Ebert blacktrash at gmx.net
Tue Oct 12 03:45:05 CDT 2010


* Augie Fackler on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 23:38:49 -0500
> On Sep 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Gilles Moris wrote:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Gilles Moris <gilles.moris at free.fr>
>> # Date 1284107298 -7200
>> # Node ID 478385c46665cdc7192e0f876a2e8b2bc957f2fc
>> # Parent  17feeef6da9ed761c416d3b054dc7cc0247e6269
>> backout: provide linear backout as a default (without --merge option)
> 
> FWIW, I'm -1 on this being the default. I really like the
> dag-derived clarity of "this bogus change was in this group of
> revisions" that we get from the "non-linear" backouts and think
> they're behavior which should be encouraged.

I agree with Augie. I guess I could say I learned something about
merges from the current behaviour, and I like that Mercurial
doesn't do anything "behind my back".

c
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