# HG changeset patch
# User Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
# Date 2021-10-18 19:30:53
# Node ID 9503e15dc588633c8fe62645c5c317cfacb3da60
# Parent  45a073af50a279af4fee92b2db792e0091ddd58a

chistedit: explain which order the commits are presented in

It's not obvious which order the commits in chistedit (and text-based
histedit), so let's add a note about it.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11832

diff --git a/hgext/histedit.py b/hgext/histedit.py
--- a/hgext/histedit.py
+++ b/hgext/histedit.py
@@ -1324,6 +1324,10 @@ pgup: prev page, space/pgdn: next page, 
 d: drop, e: edit, f: fold, m: mess, p: pick, r: roll
 pgup/K: move patch up, pgdn/J: move patch down, c: commit, q: abort
 """
+            if self.later_on_top:
+                help += b"Newer commits are shown above older commits.\n"
+            else:
+                help += b"Older commits are shown above newer commits.\n"
         return help.splitlines()
 
     def render_help(self, win):