[RFC] Enforcing a "linear" repository by first parent?

[Ted Pavlic]

> Less smart-alecky response: embrace the brave new world.  Branches and
> merges happen all the time, so why not let your history reflect that?
> Use rebase if you don't want so many silly little merge changesets.

You could even put (in ~/.hgrc or the repo-specific hgrc's)...

[defaults]
pull = --rebase

[extensions]
hgext.rebase =

Then tell everyone to do an "hg pull" before every push. That should go 
a long way to getting rid of un-meaningful merges (and it still allows 
for meaningful merges),

--Ted

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