merge: allow merging going backwards
New behavior is generally superior and more correct, except possibly
with regards to missing files. hg up . is now effectively a no-op,
which is probably the desired behavior for people expecting to move to
tip, but may surprise people who were expecting deleted files to
reappear.
case 1: update to .
a-w -> a-w
classic: ancestor a
missing recreated right?
rmed recreated WRONG
added forgotten WRONG
changed preserved RIGHT
conflicted can't happen
backward merge: ancestor a (NO EFFECT)
missing missing wrong?
rm'ed rm'ed RIGHT
added preserved RIGHT
changed preserved RIGHT
conflicted can't happen
case 2: update to ancestor of .
a-b-w -> b-w
\
a
classic: ancestor a
missing recreated right?
rmed recreated wrong?
added forgotten wrong?
changed preserved RIGHT
conflicted preserved wrong?
backwards merge: ancestor b
missing missing or conflict right?
rm'ed missing or conflict right?
changed preserved RIGHT
conflicted merge RIGHT
added preserved right?
[ original upstream message ]
--- a/tests/test-keyword Sun Jun 07 19:25:53 2009 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-keyword Mon Jun 08 18:14:44 2009 -0500
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
rm sym a b
echo % update
-hg update
+hg update -C
echo % cat
cat a b