Committing only some files in Mercurial

Question

Many times I'm making two different changes to files in my repository, I want those changes to be treated as two consecutive commits.

For example, in repository

prog.c
prog.h
README.txt

While fixing a bug prog.c and prog.h, I fixed a typo in README.txt. Now I want to commit the change to prog.c with its own commit message, and the change to README.txt afterwards.

In git, I could easily do that with the index

git add prog.c prog.h
git commit -m 'bug #1234'
git commit README.txt -m 'some typos fixed'

What's the best way to do that in Mercurial?

Clarification: I used (before the edit) a toy example where each changeset spans over a single file. But I want the general answer, what should I do when there are many files in each changeset.

Does this answer your question? [Mercurial (hg) commit only certain files](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8188605/mercurial-hg-commit-only-certain-files) — Daij-Djan, Jun 01 '20 at 02:58

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 28 '09 at 16:50

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hg commit -m "bug #1234" prog.c prog.h

then

hg commit -m "some typos fixed" README.txt

edited Dec 28 '09 at 16:50

Elazar Leibovich

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answered Dec 28 '09 at 10:31

Jerome

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What if it's more than one file for bug #1234? – Elazar Leibovich Dec 28 '09 at 14:41
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hg commit -m "bug #1234" prog.c prog.h – Jerome Dec 28 '09 at 14:51
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If you want all files but README.txt: hg commit -m "bug #1234" -X README.txt – Jerome Dec 28 '09 at 14:53
For a list of all parameters: hg help -v commit – Jerome Dec 28 '09 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '09 at 15:00

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I LOVE the crecord mercurial extension for this purpose: it gives me file by file (and chunk by chunk, and line by line) control over what exactly I want in this commit.

answered Dec 28 '09 at 15:00

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Or the original record extension which is shipped with mercurial and works on Windows. – pmezard Dec 28 '09 at 17:25

Committing only some files in Mercurial

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