Re: [PATCH pkgs] Texinfo 5.x fixes, etc.

Jerry James <[email protected]> writes:

> Apparently I don't understand how to use mercurial.  I already did the
> button.el change, committed it locally, and pushed.  I then did this
> patch in the same checked out package tree.  Yet hg diff is showing
> the button.el change as part of this patch.  Is that because the
> corresponding top-level change has not yet been made?

I don't exactly understand your sequence.  But the package toplevel pins
every individual package to a specific version, until you commit
*there*, too.  (Usually, Norbert does this.)

> Here's another question.  This new patch contains a top-level change,
> .cvsignore -> .hgignore.  I'm not supposed to do top-level pushes,
> though, right?  I messed things up the last time I did that.  Or am I
> just not supposed to do recursive top-level pushes?  

There's no particular technical problem with that, but you should let
Norbert know what you're doing.

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Regards,
Mike