--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hgext/closehead.py	Mon May 14 00:43:07 2018 +0200
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+# closehead.py - Close arbitrary heads without checking them out first
+#
+# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
+# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
+
+'''close arbitrary heads without checking them out first'''
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from mercurial.i18n import _
+from mercurial import (
+    bookmarks,
+    cmdutil,
+    context,
+    error,
+    pycompat,
+    registrar,
+    scmutil,
+)
+
+cmdtable = {}
+command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
+# Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'ships-with-hg-core' for
+# extensions which SHIP WITH MERCURIAL. Non-mainline extensions should
+# be specifying the version(s) of Mercurial they are tested with, or
+# leave the attribute unspecified.
+testedwith = 'ships-with-hg-core'
+
+commitopts = cmdutil.commitopts
+commitopts2 = cmdutil.commitopts2
+commitopts3 = [('r', 'rev', '',
+               _('revision to check'), _('REV'))]
+
+@command('close-head|close-heads', commitopts + commitopts2 + commitopts3,
+    _('[OPTION]... [REV]...'), inferrepo=True)
+def close_branch(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
+    """close the given head revisions
+
+    This is equivalent to checking out each revision in a clean tree and running
+    ``hg commit --close-branch``, except that it doesn't change the working
+    directory.
+
+    The commit message must be specified with -l or -m.
+    """
+    def docommit(rev):
+        cctx = context.memctx(repo, parents=[rev, None], text=message,
+                              files=[], filectxfn=None, user=opts.get('user'),
+                              date=opts.get('date'), extra=extra)
+        tr = repo.transaction('commit')
+        ret = repo.commitctx(cctx, True)
+        bookmarks.update(repo, [rev, None], ret)
+        cctx.markcommitted(ret)
+        tr.close()
+
+    opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)
+
+    revs += tuple(opts.get('rev', []))
+    revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)
+
+    if not revs:
+        raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))
+
+    heads = []
+    for branch in repo.branchmap():
+        heads.extend(repo.branchheads(branch))
+    heads = set(repo[h].rev() for h in heads)
+    for rev in revs:
+        if rev not in heads:
+            raise error.Abort(_('revision is not an open head: %s') % rev)
+
+    message = cmdutil.logmessage(ui, opts)
+    if not message:
+        raise error.Abort(_("no commit message specified with -l or -m"))
+    extra = { 'close': '1' }
+
+    with repo.wlock(), repo.lock():
+        for rev in revs:
+            r = repo[rev]
+            branch = r.branch()
+            extra['branch'] = branch
+            docommit(r)
+    return 0