backout: deprecate/hide support for backing out merges
This has never worked usefully:
- it can't undo a completely unwanted merge, as it leaves the merge in the DAG
- it can't undo a faulty merge as that means doing a merge correctly,
not simply reverting to one or the other parent
Both of these kinds of merge also require coordinated action among
developers to avoid the bad merge continuing to affect future merges,
so we should stop pretending that backout is of any help here.
As backing out a merge now requires a hidden option, it can't be done
by accident, but will continue to 'work' for anyone who's already
dependent on --parent for some unknown reason.
$ hg init t
$ cd t
$ echo 1 > a
$ hg ci -qAm "first"
$ hg cp a b
$ hg mv a c
$ echo 2 >> b
$ echo 2 >> c
$ hg ci -qAm "second"
$ hg co -C 0
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo 0 > a
$ echo 1 >> a
$ hg ci -qAm "other"
$ hg merge --debug
searching for copies back to rev 1
unmatched files in other:
b
c
all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent):
c -> a *
b -> a *
checking for directory renames
resolving manifests
overwrite None partial False
ancestor b8bf91eeebbc local add3f11052fa+ remote 17c05bb7fcb6
a: remote moved to c -> m
a: remote moved to b -> m
preserving a for resolve of b
preserving a for resolve of c
removing a
updating: a 1/2 files (50.00%)
picked tool 'internal:merge' for b (binary False symlink False)
merging a and b to b
my b@add3f11052fa+ other b@17c05bb7fcb6 ancestor a@b8bf91eeebbc
premerge successful
updating: a 2/2 files (100.00%)
picked tool 'internal:merge' for c (binary False symlink False)
merging a and c to c
my c@add3f11052fa+ other c@17c05bb7fcb6 ancestor a@b8bf91eeebbc
premerge successful
0 files updated, 2 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
file b
$ cat b
0
1
2
file c
$ cat c
0
1
2