http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue672 # 0-2-4 # \ \ \ # 1-3-5 # # rename in #1, content change in #4. $ hg init $ touch 1 $ touch 2 $ hg commit -Am init # 0 adding 1 adding 2 $ hg rename 1 1a $ hg commit -m rename # 1 $ hg co -C 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo unrelated >> 2 $ hg ci -m unrelated1 # 2 created new head $ hg merge --debug 1 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in other: 1a all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): 1a -> 1 checking for directory renames resolving manifests overwrite: False, partial: False ancestor: 81f4b099af3d, local: c64f439569a9+, remote: c12dcd37c90a 1: other deleted -> r 1a: remote created -> g updating: 1 1/2 files (50.00%) removing 1 updating: 1a 2/2 files (100.00%) getting 1a 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg ci -m merge1 # 3 $ hg co -C 2 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo hello >> 1 $ hg ci -m unrelated2 # 4 created new head $ hg co -C 3 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge -y --debug 4 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: 1a all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): 1a -> 1 * checking for directory renames resolving manifests overwrite: False, partial: False ancestor: c64f439569a9, local: e327dca35ac8+, remote: 746e9549ea96 1a: local copied/moved to 1 -> m preserving 1a for resolve of 1a updating: 1a 1/1 files (100.00%) picked tool 'internal:merge' for 1a (binary False symlink False) merging 1a and 1 to 1a my 1a@e327dca35ac8+ other 1@746e9549ea96 ancestor 1@81f4b099af3d premerge successful 0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg co -C 4 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge -y --debug 3 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in other: 1a all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): 1a -> 1 * checking for directory renames resolving manifests overwrite: False, partial: False ancestor: c64f439569a9, local: 746e9549ea96+, remote: e327dca35ac8 1: remote moved to 1a -> m preserving 1 for resolve of 1a removing 1 updating: 1 1/1 files (100.00%) picked tool 'internal:merge' for 1a (binary False symlink False) merging 1 and 1a to 1a my 1a@746e9549ea96+ other 1a@e327dca35ac8 ancestor 1@81f4b099af3d premerge successful 0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit)