Reverse the way backout is doing the merge
Currently, backout is creating a backout revision as a child node of the
backed out node and will leave you at this new head. This has several
drawbacks:
* this changes the current head
* when there is a long history between the backed out node and the
current head, this will generate a huge number of diffs that are scary
at first sight, and not very natural to review before commit.
The change consists to switch back to the original node as soon as the
backout node (which becomes the new tip) has been created. Then the
--merge option can just merge this new tip in the current node.
* the current head/node is not changed from the user's point of view
* even without using the --merge option, the backout revision is still
easy to locate, as this is the tip
* the merge is much more intuitive as diffs of the merge is right you
are looking to backout
adding foo
>>> two diffs showing three added lines <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+
hello world
+
goodbye world
+
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+
hello world
+
goodbye world
+
>>> no diffs <<<
hg diff -B
hg diff -Bb
>>> four diffs showing added space first on the first line <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+ hello world
goodbye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+ hello world
goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+ hello world
goodbye world
hg diff -Bb
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+ hello world
goodbye world
>>> two diffs showing space appended to the first line <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+hello world
goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
+hello world
goodbye world
>>> no diffs <<<
hg diff -b
hg diff -Bb
>>> four diffs showing space inserted into "goodbye" <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+good bye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+good bye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+good bye world
hg diff -Bb
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+good bye world
>>> two diffs showing changed whitespace amount in the last line <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
hello world
-goodbye world
+goodbye world
>>> no diffs <<<
hg diff -b
hg diff -Bb
>>> four diffs showing added blank line w/horizontal space <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
hello world
+
goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
hello world
+
goodbye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
hello world
+
goodbye world
hg diff -Bb
>>> three diffs showing added blank line w/other space <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+hello world
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+hello world
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+hello world
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -Bb
>>> four diffs showing changed whitespace <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+goodbye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+goodbye world
hg diff -Bb
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+goodbye world
hg diff -w
>>> five diffs showing changed whitespace <<<
hg diff
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+
+
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -B
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+
+
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -b
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+
+
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -Bb
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+
+
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -w
diff -r 540c40a65b78 foo
--- a/foo
+++ b/foo
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-hello world
-goodbye world
+helloworld
+
+
+
+goodbye world
hg diff -wB