Mercurial - close default branch and replace with a named branch as new default

Question

In a mercurial repo, the \"default\" branch has fallen very out of date to the point where it no longer makes sense to merge in the changes from \"develop\", a named branch whic

Answer 1

I think it is better to use a concept in Tortoisehg to explain how it works.

• hg update to develop branch
• choose the head of default branch, and choose merge with local
• then choose discard all changes from merge target (other), thus default is merged into develop without affecting the develop
• then branch to default from the head of develop, use hg branch default, default restarts again