D6282: branch: abort if closing branch from a non-branchhead cset

[Sushil Khanchi]

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On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 5:14 PM Pierre-Yves David <
pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org> wrote:

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> On 5/1/19 1:14 PM, Sushil Khanchi wrote:
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> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:29 PM Pierre-Yves David
> > <pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org <mailto:pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org>>
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> > wrote:
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> >     On 4/19/19 9:49 AM, khanchi97 (Sushil khanchi) wrote:
> >      > khanchi97 created this revision.
> >      > Herald added a subscriber: mercurial-devel.
> >      > Herald added a reviewer: hg-reviewers.
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> >      > REVISION SUMMARY
> >      >    This patch make sure that we abort if the user is trying to
> >      >    close a branch from a cset which is not a branch head.
> >      >    Changes in test file reflect the fixed behaviour.
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> >     Is there a way to override this ? There can be situation where the
> >     changeset is not a local head but could be a remote head.
> >
> > By closing remote head, you mean first close that locally (where it is
> > not a head) and push that to a remote (where it is a head)?
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> Yes
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I don't think in present code there is any way to override this. Do you
have any idea? Or any other place in mercurial you remember where we handle
similar situation?
And just for knowledge I would like to know how often developers use this
remote head closing thing (when locally it is not a head)?


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> Pierre-Yves David
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