annotate tests/test-issue1877.t @ 26228:0fd20a71abdb

extdiff: add a --patch argument for diffing changeset deltas

One of the things I missed the most when transitioning from versioned MQ to
evolve was the loss of being able to check that rebase conflicts were properly
resolved by:

  $ hg ci --mq -m "before"
  $ hg rebase -s qbase -d tip
  $ hg bcompare --mq

The old csets stay in the tree with evolve, but a straight diff includes all of
the other changes that were pulled in, obscuring the code that was rebased.
Diffing deltas can be confusing, but unless radical changes were made during the
resolve, it is very clear when individual hunks are added, dropped or modified.
Unlike the MQ technique, this can only compare a single pair of csets/patches at
a time.  Like the MQ method, this also highlights changes in the commit comment
and other metadata.

I originally tried monkey patching from the evolve extension, but that is too
complicated given that it depends on the order the two different extensions are
loaded.  This functionality is also useful when comparing grafts however, so
implementing it in the core is more than just convenience.

The --change argument doesn't make much sense for this, but it isn't harmful so
I didn't bother blocking it.  The -I/-X options are ignored because of a
limitation of cmdutil.export().  We'll fix that next.

http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue1877

  $ hg init a
  $ cd a
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg ci -m 'a'
  $ echo b > a
  $ hg ci -m'b'
  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg book main
  $ hg book
   * main                      0:cb9a9f314b8b
  $ echo c > c
  $ hg add c
  $ hg ci -m'c'
  created new head
  $ hg book
   * main                      2:d36c0562f908
  $ hg heads
  changeset:   2:d36c0562f908
  bookmark:    main
  tag:         tip
  parent:      0:cb9a9f314b8b
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     c
  
  changeset:   1:1e6c11564562
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     b
  
  $ hg up 1e6c11564562
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (leaving bookmark main)
  $ hg merge main
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)
  $ hg book
     main                      2:d36c0562f908
  $ hg ci -m'merge'
  $ hg book
     main                      2:d36c0562f908

  $ cd ..