view hgext/share.py @ 13158:9e7e24052745

merge: fast-forward merge with descendant

issue2538 gives a case where a changeset is merged with its child (which is on
another branch), and to my surprise the result is a real merge with two
parents, not just a "fast forward" "merge" with only the child as parent.

That is essentially the same as issue619.

Is the existing behaviour as intended and correct?

Or is the following fix correct?

Some extra "created new head" pops up with this fix, but it seems to me like
they could be considered correct. The old branch head has been superseeded by
changes on the other branch, and when the changes on the other branch is merged
back to the branch it will introduce a new head not directly related to the
previous branch head.

(I guess the intention with existing behaviour could be to ensure that the
changesets on the branch are directly connected and that no new heads pops up
on merges.)

# Copyright 2006, 2007 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

'''share a common history between several working directories'''

from mercurial.i18n import _
from mercurial import hg, commands

def share(ui, source, dest=None, noupdate=False):
    """create a new shared repository

    Initialize a new repository and working directory that shares its
    history with another repository.

    .. note::
       using rollback or extensions that destroy/modify history (mq,
       rebase, etc.) can cause considerable confusion with shared
       clones. In particular, if two shared clones are both updated to
       the same changeset, and one of them destroys that changeset
       with rollback, the other clone will suddenly stop working: all
       operations will fail with "abort: working directory has unknown
       parent". The only known workaround is to use debugsetparents on
       the broken clone to reset it to a changeset that still exists
       (e.g. tip).
    """

    return hg.share(ui, source, dest, not noupdate)

cmdtable = {
    "share":
    (share,
     [('U', 'noupdate', None, _('do not create a working copy'))],
     _('[-U] SOURCE [DEST]')),
}

commands.norepo += " share"