Create configuration
$ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH
$ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH
help record (no record)
$ hg help record
record extension - commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh
use "hg help extensions" for information on enabling extensions
help qrecord (no record)
$ hg help qrecord
'qrecord' is provided by the following extension:
record commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh
use "hg help extensions" for information on enabling extensions
$ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
$ echo "record=" >> $HGRCPATH
help record (record)
$ hg help record
hg record [OPTION]... [FILE]...
interactively select changes to commit
If a list of files is omitted, all changes reported by "hg status" will be
candidates for recording.
See "hg help dates" for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.
You will be prompted for whether to record changes to each modified file,
and for files with multiple changes, for each change to use. For each
query, the following responses are possible:
y - record this change
n - skip this change
s - skip remaining changes to this file
f - record remaining changes to this file
d - done, skip remaining changes and files
a - record all changes to all remaining files
q - quit, recording no changes
? - display help
This command is not available when committing a merge.
options:
-A --addremove mark new/missing files as added/removed before
committing
--close-branch mark a branch as closed, hiding it from the branch
list
-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
-d --date DATE record the specified date as commit date
-u --user USER record the specified user as committer
[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
use "hg -v help record" to show global options
help (no mq, so no qrecord)
$ 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.
use "hg -v help qrecord" to show global options
$ hg init a
qrecord (mq not present)
$ hg -R a qrecord
hg qrecord: invalid arguments
hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
interactively record a new patch
use "hg help qrecord" to show the full help text
[255]
qrecord patch (mq not present)
$ hg -R a qrecord patch
abort: 'mq' extension not loaded
[255]
help (bad mq)
$ echo "mq=nonexistant" >> $HGRCPATH
$ hg help qrecord
*** failed to import extension mq from nonexistant: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
interactively record a new patch
See "hg help qnew" & "hg help record" for more information and usage.
use "hg -v help qrecord" to show global options
help (mq present)
$ sed 's/mq=nonexistant/mq=/' $HGRCPATH > hgrc.tmp
$ mv hgrc.tmp $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
--mq operate on patch repository
[+] marked option can be specified multiple times
use "hg -v help qrecord" to show global options
$ 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 with bad patch name, should abort before prompting
$ hg qrecord .hg
abort: patch name cannot begin with ".hg"
[255]
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
record change 1/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]
@@ -3,3 +3,3 @@
3
-4
+4 4
5
record change 2/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]
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
record change 3/4 to '2.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]
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
record change 1/2 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]
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
record change 2/2 to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?]
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