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doc: be less dramatic about changeset immutability Quoting Phillipe: "This is not a Tolkien Novel".
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
date Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:14:28 +0200
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17 .. _`evolve`: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/EvolveExtension 17 .. _`evolve`: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/EvolveExtension
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19 With core Mercurial, changesets are permanent and immutable. You can 19 With core Mercurial, changesets are permanent and immutable. You can
20 commit new changesets to modify your source code, but you cannot 20 commit new changesets to modify your source code, but you cannot
21 modify or remove old changesets—they are carved in stone for all 21 modify or remove old changesets.
22 eternity.
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24 For years, Mercurial has included various extensions that allow 23 For years, Mercurial has included various extensions that allow
25 history modification: ``rebase``, ``mq``, ``histedit``, and so forth. 24 history modification: ``rebase``, ``mq``, ``histedit``, and so forth.
26 These are useful and popular extensions, and in fact history 25 These are useful and popular extensions, and in fact history
27 modification is one of the big reasons DVCSes (distributed version 26 modification is one of the big reasons DVCSes (distributed version