Create configuration

  $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "[extensions]"     >> $HGRCPATH

  $ echo "record="          >> $HGRCPATH

help (no mq, so no qrecord)

  $ hg help qrecord

  hg: unknown command 'qrecord'

  Mercurial Distributed SCM

  basic commands:

   add        add the specified files on the next commit

   annotate   show changeset information by line for each file

   clone      make a copy of an existing repository

   commit     commit the specified files or all outstanding changes

   diff       diff repository (or selected files)

   export     dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets

   forget     forget the specified files on the next commit

   init       create a new repository in the given directory

   log        show revision history of entire repository or files

   merge      merge working directory with another revision

   pull       pull changes from the specified source

   push       push changes to the specified destination

   remove     remove the specified files on the next commit

   serve      start stand-alone webserver

   status     show changed files in the working directory

   summary    summarize working directory state

   update     update working directory (or switch revisions)

  use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details

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help (mq present)

  $ echo "mq="              >> $HGRCPATH

  $ hg help qrecord

  hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...

  interactively record a new patch

      See "hg help qnew" & "hg help record" for more information and usage.

  options:

   -e --edit                 edit commit message

   -g --git                  use git extended diff format

   -U --currentuser          add "From: <current user>" to patch

   -u --user USER            add "From: <USER>" to patch

   -D --currentdate          add "Date: <current date>" to patch

   -d --date DATE            add "Date: <DATE>" to patch

   -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

  [+] marked option can be specified multiple times

  use "hg -v help qrecord" to show global options

  $ 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 'initial checkin'

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 1057167b20ef 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt

  +++ b/1.txt

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

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r 1057167b20ef 2.txt

  --- a/2.txt

  +++ b/2.txt

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

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

  diff -r 1057167b20ef dir/a.txt

  --- a/dir/a.txt

  +++ b/dir/a.txt

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

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

qrecord a.patch

  $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m aaa a.patch <<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'? [Ynsfdaq?] 

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

   1

  -2

  +2 2

   3

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

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

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

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

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

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

   a

  -b

  +b b

   c

   d

   e

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

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

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

After qrecord a.patch 'tip'"

  $ hg tip -p

  changeset:   1:5d1ca63427ee

  tag:         a.patch

  tag:         qbase

  tag:         qtip

  tag:         tip

  user:        test

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

  summary:     aaa

  diff -r 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 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 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 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 qrecord a.patch 'diff'"

  $ hg diff --nodates

  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee 1.txt

  --- a/1.txt

  +++ b/1.txt

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

   1

   2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee dir/a.txt

  --- a/dir/a.txt

  +++ b/dir/a.txt

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

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

qrecord b.patch

  $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m bbb b.patch <<EOF

  > y

  > y

  > y

  > y

  > EOF

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

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

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

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

   1

   2 2

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

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

  1 hunks, 1 lines changed

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

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

  -hello world

  +hello world!

   someone

   up

After qrecord b.patch 'tip'

  $ hg tip -p

  changeset:   2:b056198bf878

  tag:         b.patch

  tag:         qtip

  tag:         tip

  user:        test

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

  summary:     bbb

  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 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

   3

  -4

  +4 4

   5

  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 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 qrecord b.patch 'diff'

  $ hg diff --nodates