Create configuration $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH help record (no record) $ hg help record record extension - commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh (use "hg help extensions" for information on enabling extensions) help qrecord (no record) $ hg help qrecord 'qrecord' is provided by the following extension: record commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh (use "hg help extensions" for information on enabling extensions) $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "record=" >> $HGRCPATH help record (record) $ hg help record hg record [OPTION]... [FILE]... interactively select changes to commit If a list of files is omitted, all changes reported by "hg status" will be candidates for recording. See "hg help dates" for a list of formats valid for -d/--date. You will be prompted for whether to record changes to each modified file, and for files with multiple changes, for each change to use. For each query, the following responses are possible: y - record this change n - skip this change e - edit this change manually s - skip remaining changes to this file f - record remaining changes to this file d - done, skip remaining changes and files a - record all changes to all remaining files q - quit, recording no changes ? - display help This command is not available when committing a merge. options ([+] can be repeated): -A --addremove mark new/missing files as added/removed before committing --close-branch mark a branch head as closed --amend amend the parent of the working directory -s --secret use the secret phase for committing -e --edit invoke editor on commit messages -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 -d --date DATE record the specified date as commit date -u --user USER record the specified user as committer -S --subrepos recurse into subrepositories -w --ignore-all-space ignore white space when comparing lines -b --ignore-space-change ignore changes in the amount of white space -B --ignore-blank-lines ignore changes whose lines are all blank (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help) help (no mq, so no qrecord) $ 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. (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help) $ hg init a qrecord (mq not present) $ hg -R a qrecord hg qrecord: invalid arguments hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]... interactively record a new patch (use "hg qrecord -h" to show more help) [255] qrecord patch (mq not present) $ hg -R a qrecord patch abort: 'mq' extension not loaded [255] help (bad mq) $ echo "mq=nonexistent" >> $HGRCPATH $ hg help qrecord *** failed to import extension mq from nonexistent: [Errno *] * (glob) hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]... interactively record a new patch See "hg help qnew" & "hg help record" for more information and usage. (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help) help (mq present) $ sed 's/mq=nonexistent/mq=/' $HGRCPATH > hgrc.tmp $ mv hgrc.tmp $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 ([+] can be repeated): -e --edit invoke editor on commit messages -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 -w --ignore-all-space ignore white space when comparing lines -b --ignore-space-change ignore changes in the amount of white space -B --ignore-blank-lines ignore changes whose lines are all blank --mq operate on patch repository (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help) $ 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 with bad patch name, should abort before prompting $ hg qrecord .hg abort: patch name cannot begin with ".hg" [255] 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'? [Ynesfdaq?] y @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ 1 -2 +2 2 3 record change 1/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y @@ -3,3 +3,3 @@ 3 -4 +4 4 5 record change 2/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] n diff --git a/2.txt b/2.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ a -b +b b c d e record change 3/4 to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] n 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'? [Ynesfdaq?] y @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 1 2 2 3 -4 +4 4 5 record change 1/2 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt 1 hunks, 1 lines changed examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -hello world +hello world! someone up record change 2/2 to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y 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 $ cd ..