$ mkcommit() {
  >    echo "$1" > "$1"
  >    hg add "$1"
  >    hg ci -m "add $1"
  > }
  $ getid() {
  >    hg id --debug -ir "desc('$1')"
  > }


  $ hg init tmpa
  $ cd tmpa

Killing a single changeset without replacement

  $ mkcommit kill_me
  $ hg debugobsolete -d '0 0' `getid kill_me` -u babar
  $ hg debugobsolete
  97b7c2d76b1845ed3eb988cd612611e72406cef0 0 {'date': '0 0', 'user': 'babar'}
  $ cd ..

Killing a single changeset with replacement

  $ hg init tmpb
  $ cd tmpb
  $ mkcommit a
  $ mkcommit b
  $ mkcommit original_c
  $ hg up "desc('b')"
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit new_c
  created new head
  $ hg debugobsolete `getid original_c`  `getid new_c` -d '56 12'
  $ hg debugobsolete
  245bde4270cd1072a27757984f9cda8ba26f08ca cdbce2fbb16313928851e97e0d85413f3f7eb77f 0 {'date': '56 12', 'user': 'test'}

do it again (it read the obsstore before adding new changeset)

  $ hg up '.^'
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit new_2_c
  created new head
  $ hg debugobsolete -d '1337 0' `getid new_c` `getid new_2_c`
  $ hg debugobsolete
  245bde4270cd1072a27757984f9cda8ba26f08ca cdbce2fbb16313928851e97e0d85413f3f7eb77f 0 {'date': '56 12', 'user': 'test'}
  cdbce2fbb16313928851e97e0d85413f3f7eb77f ca819180edb99ed25ceafb3e9584ac287e240b00 0 {'date': '1337 0', 'user': 'test'}

Register two markers with a missing node

  $ hg up '.^'
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit new_3_c
  created new head
  $ hg debugobsolete -d '1338 0' `getid new_2_c` 1337133713371337133713371337133713371337
  $ hg debugobsolete -d '1339 0' 1337133713371337133713371337133713371337 `getid new_3_c`
  $ hg debugobsolete
  245bde4270cd1072a27757984f9cda8ba26f08ca cdbce2fbb16313928851e97e0d85413f3f7eb77f 0 {'date': '56 12', 'user': 'test'}
  cdbce2fbb16313928851e97e0d85413f3f7eb77f ca819180edb99ed25ceafb3e9584ac287e240b00 0 {'date': '1337 0', 'user': 'test'}
  ca819180edb99ed25ceafb3e9584ac287e240b00 1337133713371337133713371337133713371337 0 {'date': '1338 0', 'user': 'test'}
  1337133713371337133713371337133713371337 5601fb93a350734d935195fee37f4054c529ff39 0 {'date': '1339 0', 'user': 'test'}