docs: prefer `hg diff --from/--to` over `-r`
This patch includes updating away from the broken `hg diff -r
'date(...)'` (see not in previous patch).
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9555
$ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
> [extensions]
> absorb=
> EOF
Abort absorb if there is an unfinished operation.
$ hg init abortunresolved
$ cd abortunresolved
$ echo "foo1" > foo.whole
$ hg commit -Aqm "foo 1"
$ hg update null
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo "foo2" > foo.whole
$ hg commit -Aqm "foo 2"
$ hg --config extensions.rebase= rebase -r 1 -d 0
rebasing 1:c3b6dc0e177a tip "foo 2"
merging foo.whole
warning: conflicts while merging foo.whole! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
unresolved conflicts (see 'hg resolve', then 'hg rebase --continue')
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$ hg --config extensions.rebase= absorb
abort: rebase in progress
(use 'hg rebase --continue', 'hg rebase --abort', or 'hg rebase --stop')
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