$ hg init $ echo foo > foo $ echo bar > bar $ hg ci -qAm 'add foo bar' $ echo foo2 >> foo $ echo bleh > bar $ hg ci -m 'change foo bar' $ hg up -qC 0 $ hg mv foo foo1 $ echo foo1 > foo1 $ hg cat foo >> foo1 $ hg ci -m 'mv foo foo1' created new head $ hg merge merging foo1 and foo to foo1 1 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg debugstate --nodates m 0 -2 unset bar m 0 -2 unset foo1 copy: foo -> foo1 $ hg st -q M bar M foo1 Removing foo1 and bar: $ cp foo1 F $ cp bar B $ hg rm -f foo1 bar $ hg debugstate --nodates r 0 -1 set bar r 0 -1 set foo1 copy: foo -> foo1 $ hg st -qC R bar R foo1 Re-adding foo1 and bar: $ cp F foo1 $ cp B bar $ hg add -v foo1 bar adding bar adding foo1 $ hg debugstate --nodates n 0 -2 unset bar n 0 -2 unset foo1 copy: foo -> foo1 $ hg st -qC M bar M foo1 foo Reverting foo1 and bar: $ hg revert -vr . foo1 bar saving current version of bar as bar.orig saving current version of foo1 as foo1.orig reverting bar reverting foo1 $ hg debugstate --nodates n 0 -2 unset bar n 0 -2 unset foo1 copy: foo -> foo1 $ hg st -qC M bar M foo1 foo $ hg diff Merge should not overwrite local file that is untracked after remove $ rm * $ hg up -qC $ hg rm bar $ hg ci -m 'remove bar' $ echo 'memories of buried pirate treasure' > bar $ hg merge bar: untracked file differs abort: untracked files in working directory differ from files in requested revision [255] $ cat bar memories of buried pirate treasure Those who use force will lose $ hg merge -f file 'bar' was deleted in local [working copy] but was modified in other [merge rev]. What do you want to do? use (c)hanged version, leave (d)eleted, or leave (u)nresolved? u merging foo1 and foo to foo1 0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1] $ cat bar bleh $ hg st M bar M foo1