Fold outgoing changesets into a single changeset in mercurial

Question

I want to checkpoint/commit stages (locally) using mercurial, knowing well that these changes would break the build if I pushed them to the remote repository. What I would like to do is fold/collapse/accumulate these changesets into a single changeset that I can push. I do not want the the remote repository to have these intermediate checkpoints in its history. I would like all recorded versions on the remote repository to at least build properly.

Is there any simple way to do this, perhaps an extension. I would have assume that this would be a selling point of a DVCS.

Answer 1

• Histedit extension (fold command)

or

• MQ extension (qimport + qfold + qfinish cycle) - "Combining entire patches" chapter in chapter Managing change with Mercurial Queues of "Mercurial: The Definitive Guide"