test merging things outside of the sparse checkout $ hg init myrepo $ cd myrepo $ cat > .hg/hgrc < [extensions] > sparse=$TESTDIR/../hgext3rd/sparse.py > EOF $ echo foo > foo $ echo bar > bar $ hg add foo bar $ hg commit -m initial $ hg branch feature marked working directory as branch feature (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?) $ echo bar2 >> bar $ hg commit -m 'feature - bar2' $ hg update -q default $ hg sparse --exclude 'bar**' $ hg merge feature temporarily included 1 file(s) in the sparse checkout for merging 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) Verify bar was merged temporarily $ ls bar foo $ hg status M bar Verify bar disappears automatically when the working copy becomes clean $ hg commit -m "merged" cleaned up 1 temporarily added file(s) from the sparse checkout $ hg status $ ls foo $ hg cat -r . bar bar bar2 Test merging things outside of the sparse checkout that are not in the working copy $ hg strip -q -r . --config extensions.strip= $ hg up -q feature $ touch branchonly $ hg ci -Aqm 'add branchonly' $ hg up -q default $ hg sparse -X branchonly $ hg merge feature temporarily included 2 file(s) in the sparse checkout for merging 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit)