mercurial - Handling multiple heads after graft

Question

First I had a repository:

A---B---C

I pulled some changes from another repo:

A---B---C
     \
      --D---E---F

Then I grafted necessary changes from another branch:

A---B---C---E'--F'
     \
      --D---E---F

Now I have 2 default branch heads. I want to continue working on the original. What should I do with pulled head? Close it or leave it open? Are there any problems with either option in the future?

I don't have any problem having the other branch there. I may or may not pull and graft more changes in the future.

Answer 1

There's no problem at all keeping the other head on the 'default' branch open. Once you do another commit after F', say G', that will be the "newest" (technically "most tip-ward") head on 'default' so that's what you'll always get when you say "default" (example: hg update default).

If you want to close F you can do it with a 'hg commit --close-branch` but there's no need to do so.