--- a/mercurial/commands.py Fri Oct 21 14:15:58 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py Fri Oct 21 11:10:43 2011 -0500
@@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@
_('use any branch information in patch (implied by --exact)'))] +
commitopts + commitopts2 + similarityopts,
_('[OPTION]... PATCH...'))
-def import_(ui, repo, patch1, *patches, **opts):
+def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patches, **opts):
"""import an ordered set of patches
Import a list of patches and commit them individually (unless
@@ -3418,6 +3418,10 @@
Returns 0 on success.
"""
+
+ if not patch1:
+ raise util.Abort(_('need at least one patch to import'))
+
patches = (patch1,) + patches
date = opts.get('date')
--- a/tests/test-import.t Fri Oct 21 14:15:58 2011 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-import.t Fri Oct 21 11:10:43 2011 -0500
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
$ echo line 2 >> a/a
$ hg --cwd a ci -u someone -d '1 0' -m'second change'
+import with no args:
+
+ $ hg --cwd a import
+ abort: need at least one patch to import
+ [255]
generate patches for the test