mercurial mq <was> Re: RFR 8010325 : Remove hash32() method and hash32 int field from java.lang.String

Brian Burkhalter brian.burkhalter at oracle.com
Mon Jun 17 16:32:42 UTC 2013


On Jun 17, 2013, at 2:18 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:

>> Hmmm.... I've been using mq for so long it's hard for me to imagine working
>> without it.
>> 
>> It allows others to review the mercurial changeset metadata, which is also
>> the best summary to decide whether to review further.
> 
> 
> +1 
> 
> mq is the best way i have found to keep multiple patches in flight either in the same queue or using multiple queues, and avoid those annoying merge commits.

+1

I've started using the "-l" option of "qnew" to create the changeset comment. This can later be updated by directly editing the patch file in .hg/patches, for example to specify the final reviewer(s).

Brian


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