histedit: improve error when run on nodes with children (issue5056)
authorliscju <piotr.listkiewicz@gmail.com>
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:12:26 +0100
changeset 28294 89e04a33e958
parent 28293 a22b6fa5a844
child 28295 01815c159856
histedit: improve error when run on nodes with children (issue5056)
hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py	Tue Mar 01 11:51:46 2016 +0000
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py	Mon Feb 29 15:12:26 2016 +0100
@@ -1282,7 +1282,8 @@
     if ctxs and not keep:
         if (not obsolete.isenabled(repo, obsolete.allowunstableopt) and
             repo.revs('(%ld::) - (%ld)', ctxs, ctxs)):
-            raise error.Abort(_('cannot edit history that would orphan nodes'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('can only histedit a changeset together '
+                                'with all its descendants'))
         if repo.revs('(%ld) and merge()', ctxs):
             raise error.Abort(_('cannot edit history that contains merges'))
         root = ctxs[0] # list is already sorted by repo.set