[PATCH RFC] update: add an option to allow to merge local changes when crossing branches

[Martin Geisler]

Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org> writes:

> On 22 Feb 2013, at 9:03 AM, Martin Geisler wrote:
>
>> Laurens Holst <laurens.nospam at grauw.nl> writes:
>> 
>>> Anyway, my point is, why can’t it do it this by default.
>> 
>> I always do
>> 
>>  $ hg update 'ancestor(., $TARGET)'
>>  $ hg update $TARGET
>> 
>> when I get the warning about crossing branches and so far it has worked
>> fine -- but maybe there is a subtle bug somewhere that makes that a bad
>> idea?
>
> Not really a bug, but it is one more merge than would strictly be
> necessary.

That is true with the work-around I use today, but if it was implemented
internally, then I think it could be done with a single merge as one
would expect.

-- 
Martin Geisler
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