Criss cross merging $ hg init criss-cross $ cd criss-cross $ echo '0 base' > f1 $ echo '0 base' > f2 $ hg ci -Aqm '0 base' $ echo '1 first change' > f1 $ hg ci -m '1 first change f1' $ hg up -qr0 $ echo '2 first change' > f2 $ hg ci -qm '2 first change f2' $ hg merge -qr 1 $ hg ci -m '3 merge' $ hg up -qr2 $ hg merge -qr1 $ hg ci -qm '4 merge' $ echo '5 second change' > f1 $ hg ci -m '5 second change f1' $ hg up -qr3 $ echo '6 second change' > f2 $ hg ci -m '6 second change f2' $ hg log -G @ changeset: 6:3b08d01b0ab5 | tag: tip | parent: 3:cf89f02107e5 | user: test | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | summary: 6 second change f2 | | o changeset: 5:adfe50279922 | | user: test | | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | | summary: 5 second change f1 | | | o changeset: 4:7d3e55501ae6 | |\ parent: 2:40663881a6dd | | | parent: 1:0f6b37dbe527 | | | user: test | | | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | | | summary: 4 merge | | | o---+ changeset: 3:cf89f02107e5 | | | parent: 2:40663881a6dd |/ / parent: 1:0f6b37dbe527 | | user: test | | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | | summary: 3 merge | | | o changeset: 2:40663881a6dd | | parent: 0:40494bf2444c | | user: test | | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | | summary: 2 first change f2 | | o | changeset: 1:0f6b37dbe527 |/ user: test | date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 | summary: 1 first change f1 | o changeset: 0:40494bf2444c user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: 0 base $ hg merge -v --debug --tool internal:dump 5 searching for copies back to rev 3 resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: 0f6b37dbe527, local: 3b08d01b0ab5+, remote: adfe50279922 f1: remote is newer -> g f2: versions differ -> m preserving f2 for resolve of f2 getting f1 updating: f1 1/2 files (50.00%) updating: f2 2/2 files (100.00%) picked tool 'internal:dump' for f2 (binary False symlink False) merging f2 my f2@3b08d01b0ab5+ other f2@adfe50279922 ancestor f2@40494bf2444c 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg update -C .' to abandon [1] $ head * ==> f1 <== 5 second change ==> f2 <== 6 second change ==> f2.base <== 0 base ==> f2.local <== 6 second change ==> f2.orig <== 6 second change ==> f2.other <== 2 first change $ cd ..