Concatenating changesets

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 06:38:40PM -0000, blr at robertsr.us wrote:
> I really like the idea of logically mapping changesets to defect
> fixes or features.  But I also like to commit early and often in
> my own working repository.  I've tried the "Concatenating
> multiple changeset into one changeset" from the Tips and
> Tricks (http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/TipsAndTricks),
> but it has a couple of problems.
> 
> Most importantly, the final clone takes just over a minute with
> my code base.  That makes our old CVS faster in most cases.
> 
> Is combining changesets a bad idea (amd I still thinking in CVS),
> or are there other, faster ways to do this with hg?

I think yes, it's a bad idea. But various people are fond of it. And
there are various faster ways to do it. Mq is probably the preferred method.

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