test merging things outside of the sparse checkout $ hg init myrepo $ cd myrepo $ cat > .hg/hgrc < [extensions] > sparse= > EOF $ echo foo > foo $ echo bar > bar $ hg add foo bar $ hg commit -m initial $ hg branch feature marked working directory as branch feature (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?) $ echo bar2 >> bar $ hg commit -m 'feature - bar2' $ hg update -q default $ hg debugsparse --exclude 'bar**' $ hg merge feature temporarily included 1 file(s) in the sparse checkout for merging 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) Verify bar was merged temporarily $ ls bar foo $ hg status M bar Verify bar disappears automatically when the working copy becomes clean $ hg commit -m "merged" cleaned up 1 temporarily added file(s) from the sparse checkout $ hg status $ ls foo $ hg cat -r . bar bar bar2 Test merging things outside of the sparse checkout that are not in the working copy $ hg strip -q -r . --config extensions.strip= $ hg up -q feature $ touch branchonly $ hg ci -Aqm 'add branchonly' $ hg up -q default $ hg debugsparse -X branchonly $ hg merge feature temporarily included 2 file(s) in the sparse checkout for merging 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ cd .. Tests merging a file which is modified in one branch and deleted in another and file is excluded from sparse checkout $ hg init ytest $ cd ytest $ echo "syntax: glob" >> .hgignore $ echo "*.orig" >> .hgignore $ hg ci -Aqm "added .hgignore" $ for ch in a d; do echo foo > $ch; hg ci -Aqm "added "$ch; done; $ cat >> .hg/hgrc < [alias] > glog = log -GT "{rev}:{node|short} {desc}" > [extensions] > sparse = > EOF $ hg glog @ 2:f29feff37cfc added d | o 1:617125d27d6b added a | o 0:53f3774ed939 added .hgignore $ hg rm d $ hg ci -m "removed d" $ hg up '.^' 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg debugsparse --reset $ echo bar >> d $ hg ci -Am "added bar to d" created new head $ hg glog @ 4:6527874a90e4 added bar to d | | o 3:372c8558de45 removed d |/ o 2:f29feff37cfc added d | o 1:617125d27d6b added a | o 0:53f3774ed939 added .hgignore $ hg debugsparse --exclude "d" $ ls a $ hg merge temporarily included 1 file(s) in the sparse checkout for merging local [working copy] changed d which other [merge rev] deleted use (c)hanged version, (d)elete, or leave (u)nresolved? u 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1]