What is the difference a changeset and a patch?
I was using hg today and I noticed the import command mentions that it is used to “import an ordered set of patches.”
What is a patch?
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What is the difference a changeset and a patch?
I was using hg today and I noticed the import command mentions that it is used to “import an ordered set of patches.”
What is a patch?
Changeset typically refers to the internal representation. Thus,
hg unbundle, which processes mercurial-specific files, “applies one or more changegroup files.” A changegroup is simply a group of changesets.Patches are plain text in standard formats (e.g. produced by
diff). Note that thepatchcommand can be used to process these plaintext files (independent of revision control).