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Commit 3a2fd831 authored by Mathias De Maré's avatar Mathias De Maré
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histedit: add examples

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such ambiguous situation. See :hg:`help revsets` for detail about
selecting revisions.
.. container:: verbose
Examples:
- A number of changes have been made.
Revision 3 is no longer needed.
Start history editing from revision 3::
hg histedit -r 3
An editor opens, containing the list of revisions,
with specific actions specified::
pick 5339bf82f0ca 3 Zworgle the foobar
pick 8ef592ce7cc4 4 Bedazzle the zerlog
pick 0a9639fcda9d 5 Morgify the cromulancy
Additional information about the possible actions
to take appears below the list of revisions.
To remove revision 3 from the history,
its action (at the beginning of the relevant line)
is changed to 'drop'::
drop 5339bf82f0ca 3 Zworgle the foobar
pick 8ef592ce7cc4 4 Bedazzle the zerlog
pick 0a9639fcda9d 5 Morgify the cromulancy
- A number of changes have been made.
Revision 2 and 4 need to be swapped.
Start history editing from revision 2::
hg histedit -r 2
An editor opens, containing the list of revisions,
with specific actions specified::
pick 252a1af424ad 2 Blorb a morgwazzle
pick 5339bf82f0ca 3 Zworgle the foobar
pick 8ef592ce7cc4 4 Bedazzle the zerlog
To swap revision 2 and 4, its lines are swapped
in the editor::
pick 8ef592ce7cc4 4 Bedazzle the zerlog
pick 5339bf82f0ca 3 Zworgle the foobar
pick 252a1af424ad 2 Blorb a morgwazzle
Returns 0 on success, 1 if user intervention is required (not only
for intentional "edit" command, but also for resolving unexpected
conflicts).
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