$ hgcommit() {
> hg commit -u user "$@"
> }
$ hg init clhead
$ cd clhead
$ touch foo && hg add && hgcommit -m 'foo'
adding foo
$ touch bar && hg add && hgcommit -m 'bar'
adding bar
$ touch baz && hg add && hgcommit -m 'baz'
adding baz
$ echo "flub" > foo
$ hgcommit -m "flub"
$ echo "nub" > foo
$ hgcommit -m "nub"
$ hg up -C 2
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo "c1" > c1
$ hg add c1
$ hgcommit -m "c1"
created new head
$ echo "c2" > c1
$ hgcommit -m "c2"
$ hg up -C 2
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ echo "d1" > d1
$ hg add d1
$ hgcommit -m "d1"
created new head
$ echo "d2" > d1
$ hgcommit -m "d2"
$ hg tag -l good
fail with three heads
$ hg up -C good
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg merge
abort: branch 'default' has 3 heads - please merge with an explicit rev
(run 'hg heads .' to see heads)
[255]
close one of the heads
$ hg up -C 6
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hgcommit -m 'close this head' --close-branch
succeed with two open heads
$ hg up -C good
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg up -C good
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg merge
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hgcommit -m 'merged heads'
hg update -C 8
$ hg update -C 8
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
hg branch some-branch
$ hg branch some-branch
marked working directory as branch some-branch
hg commit
$ hgcommit -m 'started some-branch'
hg commit --close-branch
$ hgcommit --close-branch -m 'closed some-branch'
hg update default
$ hg update default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
hg merge some-branch
$ hg merge some-branch
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
hg commit (no reopening of some-branch)
$ hgcommit -m 'merge with closed branch'