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1 \chapter{Mercurial Queues reference}
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2 \label{chap:mqref}
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3
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4 \section{MQ command reference}
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5 \label{sec:mqref:cmdref}
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6
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7 For an overview of the commands provided by MQ, use the command
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8 \hgcmdargs{help}{mq}.
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9
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10 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qapplied}---print applied patches}
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11
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12 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qapplied} command prints the current stack of applied
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13 patches. Patches are printed in oldest-to-newest order, so the last
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14 patch in the list is the ``top'' patch.
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15
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16 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qcommit}---commit changes in the queue repository}
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17
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18 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qcommit} command commits any outstanding changes in the
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19 \sdirname{.hg/patches} repository. This command only works if the
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20 \sdirname{.hg/patches} directory is a repository, i.e.~you created the
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21 directory using \hgcmdargs{qinit}{\hgxopt{mq}{qinit}{-c}} or ran
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22 \hgcmd{init} in the directory after running \hgxcmd{mq}{qinit}.
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23
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24 This command is shorthand for \hgcmdargs{commit}{--cwd .hg/patches}.
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25
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26 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qdelete}---delete a patch from the
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27 \sfilename{series} file}
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28
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29 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qdelete} command removes the entry for a patch from the
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30 \sfilename{series} file in the \sdirname{.hg/patches} directory. It
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31 does not pop the patch if the patch is already applied. By default,
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32 it does not delete the patch file; use the \hgxopt{mq}{qdel}{-f} option to
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33 do that.
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34
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35 Options:
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36 \begin{itemize}
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37 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qdel}{-f}] Delete the patch file.
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38 \end{itemize}
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39
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40 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qdiff}---print a diff of the topmost applied patch}
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41
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42 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qdiff} command prints a diff of the topmost applied patch.
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43 It is equivalent to \hgcmdargs{diff}{-r-2:-1}.
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44
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45 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qfold}---merge (``fold'') several patches into one}
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46
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47 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qfold} command merges multiple patches into the topmost
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48 applied patch, so that the topmost applied patch makes the union of
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49 all of the changes in the patches in question.
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50
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51 The patches to fold must not be applied; \hgxcmd{mq}{qfold} will exit with
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52 an error if any is. The order in which patches are folded is
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53 significant; \hgcmdargs{qfold}{a b} means ``apply the current topmost
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54 patch, followed by \texttt{a}, followed by \texttt{b}''.
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55
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56 The comments from the folded patches are appended to the comments of
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57 the destination patch, with each block of comments separated by three
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58 asterisk (``\texttt{*}'') characters. Use the \hgxopt{mq}{qfold}{-e}
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59 option to edit the commit message for the combined patch/changeset
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60 after the folding has completed.
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61
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62 Options:
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63 \begin{itemize}
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64 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qfold}{-e}] Edit the commit message and patch description
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65 for the newly folded patch.
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66 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qfold}{-l}] Use the contents of the given file as the new
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67 commit message and patch description for the folded patch.
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68 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qfold}{-m}] Use the given text as the new commit message
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69 and patch description for the folded patch.
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70 \end{itemize}
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71
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72 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qheader}---display the header/description of a patch}
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73
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74 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qheader} command prints the header, or description, of a
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75 patch. By default, it prints the header of the topmost applied patch.
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76 Given an argument, it prints the header of the named patch.
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77
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78 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qimport}---import a third-party patch into the queue}
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79
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80 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qimport} command adds an entry for an external patch to the
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81 \sfilename{series} file, and copies the patch into the
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82 \sdirname{.hg/patches} directory. It adds the entry immediately after
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83 the topmost applied patch, but does not push the patch.
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84
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85 If the \sdirname{.hg/patches} directory is a repository,
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86 \hgxcmd{mq}{qimport} automatically does an \hgcmd{add} of the imported
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87 patch.
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88
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89 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qinit}---prepare a repository to work with MQ}
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90
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91 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qinit} command prepares a repository to work with MQ. It
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92 creates a directory called \sdirname{.hg/patches}.
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93
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94 Options:
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95 \begin{itemize}
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96 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qinit}{-c}] Create \sdirname{.hg/patches} as a repository
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97 in its own right. Also creates a \sfilename{.hgignore} file that
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98 will ignore the \sfilename{status} file.
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99 \end{itemize}
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100
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101 When the \sdirname{.hg/patches} directory is a repository, the
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102 \hgxcmd{mq}{qimport} and \hgxcmd{mq}{qnew} commands automatically \hgcmd{add}
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103 new patches.
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104
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105 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qnew}---create a new patch}
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106
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107 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qnew} command creates a new patch. It takes one mandatory
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108 argument, the name to use for the patch file. The newly created patch
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109 is created empty by default. It is added to the \sfilename{series}
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110 file after the current topmost applied patch, and is immediately
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111 pushed on top of that patch.
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112
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113 If \hgxcmd{mq}{qnew} finds modified files in the working directory, it will
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114 refuse to create a new patch unless the \hgxopt{mq}{qnew}{-f} option is
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115 used (see below). This behaviour allows you to \hgxcmd{mq}{qrefresh} your
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116 topmost applied patch before you apply a new patch on top of it.
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117
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118 Options:
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119 \begin{itemize}
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120 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qnew}{-f}] Create a new patch if the contents of the
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121 working directory are modified. Any outstanding modifications are
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122 added to the newly created patch, so after this command completes,
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123 the working directory will no longer be modified.
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124 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qnew}{-m}] Use the given text as the commit message.
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125 This text will be stored at the beginning of the patch file, before
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126 the patch data.
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127 \end{itemize}
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128
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129 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qnext}---print the name of the next patch}
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130
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131 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qnext} command prints the name name of the next patch in
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132 the \sfilename{series} file after the topmost applied patch. This
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133 patch will become the topmost applied patch if you run \hgxcmd{mq}{qpush}.
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134
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135 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qpop}---pop patches off the stack}
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136
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137 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} command removes applied patches from the top of the
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138 stack of applied patches. By default, it removes only one patch.
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139
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140 This command removes the changesets that represent the popped patches
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141 from the repository, and updates the working directory to undo the
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142 effects of the patches.
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143
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144 This command takes an optional argument, which it uses as the name or
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145 index of the patch to pop to. If given a name, it will pop patches
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146 until the named patch is the topmost applied patch. If given a
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147 number, \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} treats the number as an index into the entries in
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148 the series file, counting from zero (empty lines and lines containing
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149 only comments do not count). It pops patches until the patch
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150 identified by the given index is the topmost applied patch.
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151
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152 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} command does not read or write patches or the
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153 \sfilename{series} file. It is thus safe to \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} a patch that
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154 you have removed from the \sfilename{series} file, or a patch that you
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155 have renamed or deleted entirely. In the latter two cases, use the
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156 name of the patch as it was when you applied it.
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157
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158 By default, the \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} command will not pop any patches if the
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159 working directory has been modified. You can override this behaviour
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160 using the \hgxopt{mq}{qpop}{-f} option, which reverts all modifications in
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161 the working directory.
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162
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163 Options:
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164 \begin{itemize}
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165 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpop}{-a}] Pop all applied patches. This returns the
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166 repository to its state before you applied any patches.
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167 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpop}{-f}] Forcibly revert any modifications to the
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168 working directory when popping.
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169 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpop}{-n}] Pop a patch from the named queue.
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170 \end{itemize}
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171
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172 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} command removes one line from the end of the
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173 \sfilename{status} file for each patch that it pops.
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174
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175 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qprev}---print the name of the previous patch}
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176
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177 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qprev} command prints the name of the patch in the
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178 \sfilename{series} file that comes before the topmost applied patch.
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179 This will become the topmost applied patch if you run \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop}.
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180
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181 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qpush}---push patches onto the stack}
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182 \label{sec:mqref:cmd:qpush}
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183
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184 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qpush} command adds patches onto the applied stack. By
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185 default, it adds only one patch.
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186
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187 This command creates a new changeset to represent each applied patch,
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188 and updates the working directory to apply the effects of the patches.
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189
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190 The default data used when creating a changeset are as follows:
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191 \begin{itemize}
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192 \item The commit date and time zone are the current date and time
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193 zone. Because these data are used to compute the identity of a
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194 changeset, this means that if you \hgxcmd{mq}{qpop} a patch and
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195 \hgxcmd{mq}{qpush} it again, the changeset that you push will have a
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196 different identity than the changeset you popped.
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197 \item The author is the same as the default used by the \hgcmd{commit}
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198 command.
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199 \item The commit message is any text from the patch file that comes
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200 before the first diff header. If there is no such text, a default
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201 commit message is used that identifies the name of the patch.
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202 \end{itemize}
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203 If a patch contains a Mercurial patch header (XXX add link), the
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204 information in the patch header overrides these defaults.
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205
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206 Options:
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207 \begin{itemize}
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208 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpush}{-a}] Push all unapplied patches from the
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209 \sfilename{series} file until there are none left to push.
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210 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpush}{-l}] Add the name of the patch to the end
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211 of the commit message.
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212 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpush}{-m}] If a patch fails to apply cleanly, use the
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213 entry for the patch in another saved queue to compute the parameters
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214 for a three-way merge, and perform a three-way merge using the
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215 normal Mercurial merge machinery. Use the resolution of the merge
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216 as the new patch content.
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217 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qpush}{-n}] Use the named queue if merging while pushing.
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218 \end{itemize}
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219
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220 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qpush} command reads, but does not modify, the
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221 \sfilename{series} file. It appends one line to the \hgcmd{status}
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222 file for each patch that it pushes.
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223
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224 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qrefresh}---update the topmost applied patch}
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225
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226 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qrefresh} command updates the topmost applied patch. It
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227 modifies the patch, removes the old changeset that represented the
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228 patch, and creates a new changeset to represent the modified patch.
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229
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230 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qrefresh} command looks for the following modifications:
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231 \begin{itemize}
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232 \item Changes to the commit message, i.e.~the text before the first
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233 diff header in the patch file, are reflected in the new changeset
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234 that represents the patch.
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235 \item Modifications to tracked files in the working directory are
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236 added to the patch.
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237 \item Changes to the files tracked using \hgcmd{add}, \hgcmd{copy},
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238 \hgcmd{remove}, or \hgcmd{rename}. Added files and copy and rename
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239 destinations are added to the patch, while removed files and rename
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240 sources are removed.
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241 \end{itemize}
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242
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243 Even if \hgxcmd{mq}{qrefresh} detects no changes, it still recreates the
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244 changeset that represents the patch. This causes the identity of the
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245 changeset to differ from the previous changeset that identified the
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246 patch.
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247
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248 Options:
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249 \begin{itemize}
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250 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qrefresh}{-e}] Modify the commit and patch description,
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251 using the preferred text editor.
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252 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qrefresh}{-m}] Modify the commit message and patch
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253 description, using the given text.
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254 \item[\hgxopt{mq}{qrefresh}{-l}] Modify the commit message and patch
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255 description, using text from the given file.
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256 \end{itemize}
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257
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258 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qrename}---rename a patch}
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259
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260 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qrename} command renames a patch, and changes the entry for
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261 the patch in the \sfilename{series} file.
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262
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263 With a single argument, \hgxcmd{mq}{qrename} renames the topmost applied
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264 patch. With two arguments, it renames its first argument to its
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265 second.
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266
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267 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qrestore}---restore saved queue state}
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268
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269 XXX No idea what this does.
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270
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271 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qsave}---save current queue state}
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272
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273 XXX Likewise.
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274
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275 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qseries}---print the entire patch series}
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276
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277 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qseries} command prints the entire patch series from the
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278 \sfilename{series} file. It prints only patch names, not empty lines
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279 or comments. It prints in order from first to be applied to last.
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280
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281 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qtop}---print the name of the current patch}
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282
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283 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qtop} prints the name of the topmost currently applied
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284 patch.
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285
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286 \subsection{\hgxcmd{mq}{qunapplied}---print patches not yet applied}
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287
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288 The \hgxcmd{mq}{qunapplied} command prints the names of patches from the
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289 \sfilename{series} file that are not yet applied. It prints them in
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290 order from the next patch that will be pushed to the last.
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291
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292 \subsection{\hgcmd{strip}---remove a revision and descendants}
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293
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294 The \hgcmd{strip} command removes a revision, and all of its
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295 descendants, from the repository. It undoes the effects of the
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296 removed revisions from the repository, and updates the working
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297 directory to the first parent of the removed revision.
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298
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299 The \hgcmd{strip} command saves a backup of the removed changesets in
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300 a bundle, so that they can be reapplied if removed in error.
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301
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302 Options:
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303 \begin{itemize}
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304 \item[\hgopt{strip}{-b}] Save unrelated changesets that are intermixed
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305 with the stripped changesets in the backup bundle.
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306 \item[\hgopt{strip}{-f}] If a branch has multiple heads, remove all
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307 heads. XXX This should be renamed, and use \texttt{-f} to strip revs
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308 when there are pending changes.
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309 \item[\hgopt{strip}{-n}] Do not save a backup bundle.
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310 \end{itemize}
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311
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312 \section{MQ file reference}
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313
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314 \subsection{The \sfilename{series} file}
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315
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316 The \sfilename{series} file contains a list of the names of all
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317 patches that MQ can apply. It is represented as a list of names, with
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318 one name saved per line. Leading and trailing white space in each
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319 line are ignored.
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320
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321 Lines may contain comments. A comment begins with the ``\texttt{\#}''
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322 character, and extends to the end of the line. Empty lines, and lines
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323 that contain only comments, are ignored.
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324
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325 You will often need to edit the \sfilename{series} file by hand, hence
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326 the support for comments and empty lines noted above. For example,
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327 you can comment out a patch temporarily, and \hgxcmd{mq}{qpush} will skip
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328 over that patch when applying patches. You can also change the order
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329 in which patches are applied by reordering their entries in the
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330 \sfilename{series} file.
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331
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332 Placing the \sfilename{series} file under revision control is also
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333 supported; it is a good idea to place all of the patches that it
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334 refers to under revision control, as well. If you create a patch
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335 directory using the \hgxopt{mq}{qinit}{-c} option to \hgxcmd{mq}{qinit}, this
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336 will be done for you automatically.
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337
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338 \subsection{The \sfilename{status} file}
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339
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340 The \sfilename{status} file contains the names and changeset hashes of
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341 all patches that MQ currently has applied. Unlike the
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342 \sfilename{series} file, this file is not intended for editing. You
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343 should not place this file under revision control, or modify it in any
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344 way. It is used by MQ strictly for internal book-keeping.
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345
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346 %%% Local Variables:
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347 %%% mode: latex
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348 %%% TeX-master: "00book"
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349 %%% End:
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