histedit and rebase using memctx

[Augie Fackler]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Laurens Holst <laurens.nospam at grauw.nl> wrote:
> Op 18-02-13 22:13, Augie Fackler schreef:
>>
>> On Feb 18, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Sean Farley <sean.michael.farley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, if histedit, rebase, et al. could be improved to use memctx,
>>> then I might change my tune :-)
>>
>> The problem (as I see it) with that is that both rebase and histedit can
>> drop into a manual conflict resolution phase that requires the working copy
>> to be clean.
>
>
> Actually, personally I think it would be great if it would abort in that
> case.

Breaks my workflow heavily, so I wouldn't welcome this.

> That would allow you to merge only when it’s a simple one without
> conflicts. I submitted patches for such a thing once. [1]
>
> ~Laurens
>
> [1]
> http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2011-December/036520.html