Create configuration $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "record=" >> $HGRCPATH help (no mq, so no qrecord) $ hg help qrecord hg: unknown command 'qrecord' Mercurial Distributed SCM basic commands: add add the specified files on the next commit annotate show changeset information by line for each file clone make a copy of an existing repository commit commit the specified files or all outstanding changes diff diff repository (or selected files) export dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets forget forget the specified files on the next commit init create a new repository in the given directory log show revision history of entire repository or files merge merge working directory with another revision pull pull changes from the specified source push push changes to the specified destination remove remove the specified files on the next commit serve start stand-alone webserver status show changed files in the working directory summary summarize working directory state update update working directory (or switch revisions) use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details [255] help (mq present) $ echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH $ hg help qrecord hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]... interactively record a new patch See "hg help qnew" & "hg help record" for more information and usage. options: -e --edit edit commit message -g --git use git extended diff format -U --currentuser add "From: " to patch -u --user USER add "From: " to patch -D --currentdate add "Date: " to patch -d --date DATE add "Date: " to patch -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns -m --message TEXT use text as commit message -l --logfile FILE read commit message from file [+] marked option can be specified multiple times use "hg -v help qrecord" to show global options $ hg init a $ cd a Base commit $ cat > 1.txt < 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > EOF $ cat > 2.txt < a > b > c > d > e > f > EOF $ mkdir dir $ cat > dir/a.txt < hello world > > someone > up > there > loves > me > EOF $ hg add 1.txt 2.txt dir/a.txt $ hg commit -m 'initial checkin' Changing files $ sed -e 's/2/2 2/;s/4/4 4/' 1.txt > 1.txt.new $ sed -e 's/b/b b/' 2.txt > 2.txt.new $ sed -e 's/hello world/hello world!/' dir/a.txt > dir/a.txt.new $ mv -f 1.txt.new 1.txt $ mv -f 2.txt.new 2.txt $ mv -f dir/a.txt.new dir/a.txt Whole diff $ hg diff --nodates diff -r 1057167b20ef 1.txt --- a/1.txt +++ b/1.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 -2 +2 2 3 -4 +4 4 5 diff -r 1057167b20ef 2.txt --- a/2.txt +++ b/2.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ a -b +b b c d e diff -r 1057167b20ef dir/a.txt --- a/dir/a.txt +++ b/dir/a.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hello world +hello world! someone up qrecord a.patch $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m aaa a.patch < y > y > n > y > y > n > EOF diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt 2 hunks, 2 lines changed examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ 1 -2 +2 2 3 record change 1/6 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] @@ -3,3 +3,3 @@ 3 -4 +4 4 5 record change 2/6 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] diff --git a/2.txt b/2.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to '2.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ a -b +b b c d e record change 4/6 to '2.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] After qrecord a.patch 'tip'" $ hg tip -p changeset: 1:5d1ca63427ee tag: a.patch tag: qbase tag: qtip tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: aaa diff -r 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 1.txt --- a/1.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/1.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 -2 +2 2 3 4 5 diff -r 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 2.txt --- a/2.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/2.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ a -b +b b c d e After qrecord a.patch 'diff'" $ hg diff --nodates diff -r 5d1ca63427ee 1.txt --- a/1.txt +++ b/1.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 2 2 3 -4 +4 4 5 diff -r 5d1ca63427ee dir/a.txt --- a/dir/a.txt +++ b/dir/a.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hello world +hello world! someone up qrecord b.patch $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m bbb b.patch < y > y > y > y > EOF diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 2 2 3 -4 +4 4 5 record change 1/3 to '1.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hello world +hello world! someone up record change 3/3 to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynsfdaq?] After qrecord b.patch 'tip' $ hg tip -p changeset: 2:b056198bf878 tag: b.patch tag: qtip tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: bbb diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 1.txt --- a/1.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/1.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 2 2 3 -4 +4 4 5 diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 dir/a.txt --- a/dir/a.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/dir/a.txt Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hello world +hello world! someone up After qrecord b.patch 'diff' $ hg diff --nodates End