phase: better error message when --force is needed When trying to turn a draft changeset into a secret changeset, I was told: % hg phase -s . cannot move 1 changesets to a more permissive phase, use --force no phases changed That message struck me as being backwards -- the secret phase feels less permissive to me since it restricts the changesets from being pushed. We don't use the word "permissive" elsewhere, 'hg help phase' talks about "lower phases" and "higher phases". I therefore reformulated the error message to be cannot move 1 changesets to a higher phase, use --force That is not perfect either, but more in line with the help text. An alternative could be cannot move phase backwards for 1 changesets, use --force which fits better with the help text for --force.