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Any way to tell mercurial that file changed name?

this is kind of an boring question because I know how to almost do it, but the point is that I would like to see is there a better way than remove old file, add new file... I know TortoiseHg autodetects it, but that file has a separate history when I use TortoiseHg to anonnate it... So is there a way to tell the mercurial this is a renamed file? Please note I mix a bit here TortoiseHg and Mercurial, I know that one is DVCS, the other one is GUI for it.

Solution

  • It looks as though you are looking for hg rename:

    The command

    hg rename old new

    will rename a file from old to new and register the rename. If you have already renamed the file, then

    hg rename --after old new

    will tell mercurial that the file has been renamed and that it should track it under the new name.