Re: 'hg commit' : abort: no username supplied (see "hg help config")

[ui]th such things. The "mq" extension enables Mercurial queues. This is convenient (but not as convenient as git stash or bzr shelve) when you've got some Real Work in progress that you don't really want to commit, and an unrelated typo or something: <save file> hg new tmp <fix typo and save file> hg new -m "Fix typo." typo hg qpop # now you're back where you were in Real Work <finish Real Work and save file> hg qrefresh -m "Appropriate log message for commit." hg qfinish # converts mq patch into a real commit with the above # log message hg qpush hg qfinish # converts typo patch into a real commit with the # "Fix typo." log message If that workflow looks too annoying, I'm sure there is something closer to bzr shelves. I use mq personally to organize my real work (cf recent discussion on emacs-devel of pipelines and looms). Since mq provides named patches, it's almost like tiny branches. It does obey a stack discipline (so why do they call it "queues?" :-), but you can use more advanced features like guards and collapsing to achieve any combination of patches you like. But I won't be offended if you don't use it. :-)