2013/5/9 8:14 -0700, philip.r...@oracle.com: >> (Yes, this is one of those rare cases in which a sponsor should use >> the -u option.) > > I'd hazard a guess that there are number of people who overlook this option > in part because they don't realise you can do > > hg commit -u <SOMEBODY-ELSE> ... > > I was kind of surprised myself when I first learned to do this as it > seemed odd that someone else could claim a changeset was from > another person. I thought you would need their private key to > be able to do that.
No, your ssh key is used only to authenticate you to the hg server when you do a push. Modulo the constraints imposed by jcheck, you can use the -u option to set the username string to anything you want. FYI, in recent versions of Mercurial the -u option is, conveniently, supported in commands other than commit, e.g., import, qnew, and qref. - Mark
