mq gui = answer to all the collapse / rebase woes

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Sonntag 26 April 2009 04:22:41 schrieb David Champion:
> > Perhaps this problem could be solved once and for all by hacking up a
> > gui that imported a revision range to mq patches for rearrangement,
> > allowing you to review, amend and squash to your hearts content, in
> > search of that perfect patch series?
>
> A great deal of project work still happens without graphics.  While
> your proposal might be a good idea and might help alleviate some of the
> difficulty, it won't solve the history-management situation once or for
> all.

But it might be a nice addition to TortoiseHG :) 

THG already has individual hunk selection (very nicely done: doubleclick for 
*deselecting* hunks), so an advanced committer which also allows to squash in 
earlier commits doesn't seem that far off. 

Best wishes, 
Arne

PS: Also sent to Steve Borho from THG, since I don't have post access to the 
THG list. 

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