For Mercurial, can we push some changesets and don't push some?

Question

If we committed several times, for example, on our local repo, for revision 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003. If we push to a remote repo, it will push 3000 to 3003. Is there a way to push only 3000 and 3001?

Solution 1

Yes, you can select a revision to push. hg push -r 3001 (all ancestors of the chosen revision will be pushed; you don't need to specify 3000.)

Solution 2

If you need to push some changesets without all ancestors (solution described in @Woolble's answer), a good option is to use Mercurial Queues extension (MQ).

https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MqExtension

This will let you re-order and even combine changesets so you can push them in whatever order you like. It takes a bit of work to get started but you'll find it well worth the effort.

I've TortoiseHg makes working with MQ pretty straightforward.

Solution 3

For those who are using UI and like pictures:

1. In TortoiseHg click on Detect outgoing changes to button.

2. Click right mouse button on revision you want to push.

3. Choose Push -> Push to Here.

Result: You will push only revision selected rather than everything.

Hope this saves you some time.