uncommit: leave empty commit if all files are uncommitted We had instructions for our internal users to add copy information after commit like this: hg uncommit <srcfile> <dstfile> hg cp --after <srcfile> <dstfile> hg amend That usually works, but if the rename was the only change in that commit, then the commit would get pruned. It's easy to fix the recipe: just pass the --keep option. However, it seems too subtle, so I think this is an indication that the commit should not be pruned if any patterns were given. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2862