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TortoiseHg: cannot commit without an active bookmark

  • I created a new Folder
  • I put some files in it
  • I created a new Mercurial repository in this Folder
  • I tried to commit all files using TortoiseHg

Until this Point I did this Scenario quite often.
But this time i get an error message cannot commit without an active Bookmark.

What does this error message mean?

Solution

  • Recently I experimented with extensions in TortoiseHg.
    I activated several of them not knowing what they exactly do...
    In my case I had to disable the Extension bookflow
    ("implements bookmark-based branching (EXPERIMENTAL)).

    Now the commit is working again as it should.
    It's a pity that there is no explanation of these extensions in TortoiseHg :-(