--- a/mercurial/rewriteutil.py Thu Mar 24 12:27:21 2022 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/rewriteutil.py Fri Jul 23 13:42:12 2021 +0530
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@
return summary
-def precheck(repo, revs, action=b'rewrite'):
+def precheck(repo, revs, action=b'rewrite', check_divergence=True):
"""check if revs can be rewritten
action is used to control the error message.
+ check_divergence allows skipping the divergence checks in cases like adding
+ a prune marker (A, ()) to obsstore (which can't be diverging).
+
Make sure this function is called after taking the lock.
"""
if nullrev in revs:
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@
hint=hint,
)
+ if not check_divergence:
+ return
+
if not obsolete.isenabled(repo, obsolete.allowdivergenceopt):
new_divergence = _find_new_divergence(repo, revs)
if new_divergence: