Create configuration

  $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH

help qrefresh (no record)

  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ hg help qrefresh

  hg qrefresh [-I] [-X] [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-s] [FILE]...

  update the current patch

      If any file patterns are provided, the refreshed patch will contain only

      the modifications that match those patterns; the remaining modifications

      will remain in the working directory.

      If -s/--short is specified, files currently included in the patch will be

      refreshed just like matched files and remain in the patch.

      If -e/--edit is specified, Mercurial will start your configured editor for

      you to enter a message. In case qrefresh fails, you will find a backup of

      your message in ".hg/last-message.txt".

      hg add/remove/copy/rename work as usual, though you might want to use git-

      style patches (-g/--git or [diff] git=1) to track copies and renames. See

      the diffs help topic for more information on the git diff format.

      Returns 0 on success.

   -e --edit                invoke editor on commit messages

   -g --git                 use git extended diff format

   -s --short               refresh only files already in the patch and

                            specified files

   -U --currentuser         add/update author field in patch with current user

   -u --user USER           add/update author field in patch with given user

   -D --currentdate         add/update date field in patch with current date

   -d --date DATE           add/update date field in patch with given date

   -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns

   -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns

   -m --message TEXT        use text as commit message

   -l --logfile FILE        read commit message from file

  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)

help qrefresh (record)

  $ echo "record=" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ hg help qrefresh

  hg qrefresh [-I] [-X] [-e] [-m TEXT] [-l FILE] [-s] [FILE]...

  update the current patch

      If any file patterns are provided, the refreshed patch will contain only

      the modifications that match those patterns; the remaining modifications

      will remain in the working directory.

      If -s/--short is specified, files currently included in the patch will be

      refreshed just like matched files and remain in the patch.

      If -e/--edit is specified, Mercurial will start your configured editor for

      you to enter a message. In case qrefresh fails, you will find a backup of

      your message in ".hg/last-message.txt".

      hg add/remove/copy/rename work as usual, though you might want to use git-

      style patches (-g/--git or [diff] git=1) to track copies and renames. See

      the diffs help topic for more information on the git diff format.

      Returns 0 on success.

   -e --edit                invoke editor on commit messages

   -g --git                 use git extended diff format

   -s --short               refresh only files already in the patch and

                            specified files

   -U --currentuser         add/update author field in patch with current user

   -u --user USER           add/update author field in patch with given user

   -D --currentdate         add/update date field in patch with current date

   -d --date DATE           add/update date field in patch with given date

   -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns

   -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns

   -m --message TEXT        use text as commit message

   -l --logfile FILE        read commit message from file

   -i --interactive         interactively select changes to refresh

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  $ hg init a

  $ cd a

Base commit

  $ cat > 1.txt <<EOF

  > 1

  > 2

  > 3

  > 4

  > 5

  > EOF

  $ cat > 2.txt <<EOF

  > a

  > b

  > c

  > d

  > e

  > f

  > EOF

  $ mkdir dir

  $ cat > dir/a.txt <<EOF

  > hello world

  > 

  > someone

  > up

  > there

  > loves

  > me

  > EOF

  $ hg add 1.txt 2.txt dir/a.txt

  $ hg commit -m aaa

  $ hg qnew -d '0 0' patch

Changing files

  $ sed -e 's/2/2 2/;s/4/4 4/' 1.txt > 1.txt.new

  $ sed -e 's/b/b b/' 2.txt > 2.txt.new

  $ sed -e 's/hello world/hello world!/' dir/a.txt > dir/a.txt.new

  $ mv -f 1.txt.new 1.txt

  $ mv -f 2.txt.new 2.txt

  $ mv -f dir/a.txt.new dir/a.txt

Whole diff

  $ hg diff --nodates

  diff -r ed27675cb5df 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt

  +++ b/1.txt

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r ed27675cb5df 2.txt

  --- a/2.txt

  +++ b/2.txt

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

  diff -r ed27675cb5df dir/a.txt

  --- a/dir/a.txt

  +++ b/dir/a.txt

  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

partial qrefresh

  $ hg qrefresh -i -d '0 0' <<EOF

  > y

  > y

  > n

  > y

  > y

  > n

  > EOF

  diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt

  2 hunks, 2 lines changed

  examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

  record change 1/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  @@ -3,3 +3,3 @@

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  record change 2/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  diff --git a/2.txt b/2.txt

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

  examine changes to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

  record change 3/4 to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

  examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

After partial qrefresh 'tip'

  $ hg tip -p

  changeset:   1:0738af1a8211

  tag:         patch

  tag:         qbase

  tag:         qtip

  tag:         tip

  user:        test

  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  summary:     [mq]: patch

  diff -r 1fd39ab63a33 -r 0738af1a8211 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  +++ b/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

   4

   5

  diff -r 1fd39ab63a33 -r 0738af1a8211 2.txt

  --- a/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  +++ b/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

After partial qrefresh 'diff'

  $ hg diff --nodates

  diff -r 0738af1a8211 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt

  +++ b/1.txt

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   1

   2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r 0738af1a8211 dir/a.txt

  --- a/dir/a.txt

  +++ b/dir/a.txt

  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

qrefresh interactively everything else

  $ hg qrefresh -i -d '0 0' <<EOF

  > y

  > y

  > y

  > y

  > EOF

  diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

  examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   1

   2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  record change 1/2 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

  examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

  record change 2/2 to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] 

After final qrefresh 'tip'

  $ hg tip -p

  changeset:   1:2c3f66afeed9

  tag:         patch

  tag:         qbase

  tag:         qtip

  tag:         tip

  user:        test

  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  summary:     [mq]: patch

  diff -r 1fd39ab63a33 -r 2c3f66afeed9 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  +++ b/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r 1fd39ab63a33 -r 2c3f66afeed9 2.txt

  --- a/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  +++ b/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

  diff -r 1fd39ab63a33 -r 2c3f66afeed9 dir/a.txt

  --- a/dir/a.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  +++ b/dir/a.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000

  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

After qrefresh 'diff'

  $ hg diff --nodates

  $ cd ..