RebaseIfExtension

This extension builds on the RebaseExtension but adds some simple logic that chooses a merge instead of a rebase if there are conflicts.

1. Status

This extension is not distributed with Mercurial.

Author: MarcusLindblom

• Download site: https://bitbucket.org/marcusl/ml-hgext/src/tip/rebaseif.py

• Issue tracker: https://bitbucket.org/marcusl/ml-hgext/issues

• If you like it, drop a note here: https://www.ohloh.net/p/ml-hgext

2. Overview

The extension provides both a new command rebaseif as well as a new option to pull --rebaseif that invoke the rebaseif procedure after pulling. (Similar to RebaseExtension 's --rebase option).

This is useful since manual merges are error prone and a merge commit more clearly expresses each side of the merge, and the merge resolution choices, than a rebase (which tends to bundle all the local changes and the merge ops together and giving little chance of a rollback.)

The background for this is described in this StackOverflow question.

3. Configuration

Configure your .hgrc to enable the extension by adding following lines:

[extensions]
rebaseif = path/to/rebaseif.py

4. Usage

> hg rebaseif

> hg pull --rebaseif

5. See also

• RebaseExtension

• Merge

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