Concatenating changesets

[John D. Mitchell]

On Dec 14, 2007 11:00 AM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
[...]
> > 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.

Why do you think it's a bad idea?  Especially if you like the use of
mq (in general, if not for this specific use case)?

This is a clean and straightforward way to do this with the full
safety of the the append-only hg base system without having to incur
the confusion, complexity, and potential issues with getting people up
to speed with and using mq.  In terms of workflow, it's also a nice
way to address one of the complaints of a DSCM -- all of the extra
cruft that can accumulate in a repository due to all of the
pulls+merges as well as for folks who like to do "micro-commits" as
they go.

Thanks,
John