Add symlink method to util.opener. Differences from os.symlink: - the symlink name is relative to the opener base directory - if a file with that name already exists, it's removed - if necessary, parent directories are created - if the system (OS or filesystem) doesn't support symlinks, a regular file is created. Its contents are the symlink target.

#!/bin/sh

hg init repo
cd repo
touch foo
hg add foo
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; do
    echo "foo-$i" >> foo
    hg ci -m "foo-$i" -d "0 0"
done

for out in "%nof%N" "%%%H" "%b-%R" "%h" "%r"; do
    echo "# foo-$out.patch"
    hg export -v -o "foo-$out.patch" 2:tip
done