Tests about metadataonlyctx
$ hg init
$ echo A > A
$ hg commit -A A -m 'Add A'
$ echo B > B
$ hg commit -A B -m 'Add B'
$ hg rm A
$ echo C > C
$ echo B2 > B
$ hg add C -q
$ hg commit -m 'Remove A'
$ cat > metaedit.py <<EOF
> from mercurial import context, pycompat, registrar
> cmdtable = {}
> command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
> @command(b'metaedit')
> def metaedit(ui, repo, arg):
> # Modify commit message to "FOO"
> with repo.wlock(), repo.lock(), repo.transaction(b'metaedit'):
> old = repo[b'.']
> kwargs = dict(s.split(b'=', 1) for s in arg.split(b';'))
> if b'parents' in kwargs:
> kwargs[b'parents'] = map(int, kwargs[b'parents'].split(b','))
> new = context.metadataonlyctx(repo, old,
> **pycompat.strkwargs(kwargs))
> new.commit()
> EOF
$ hg --config extensions.metaedit=$TESTTMP/metaedit.py metaedit 'text=Changed'
$ hg log -r tip
changeset: 3:ad83e9e00ec9
tag: tip
parent: 1:3afb7afe6632
user: test
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Changed
$ hg --config extensions.metaedit=$TESTTMP/metaedit.py metaedit 'parents=0' 2>&1 | egrep '^RuntimeError'
RuntimeError: can't reuse the manifest: its p1 doesn't match the new ctx p1
$ hg --config extensions.metaedit=$TESTTMP/metaedit.py metaedit 'user=foo <foo@example.com>'
$ hg log -r tip
changeset: 4:1f86eaeca92b
tag: tip
parent: 1:3afb7afe6632
user: foo <foo@example.com>
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: Remove A