$ hg init t $ cd t $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/a $ echo bar > a/b $ hg ci -Am "0" adding a/a adding a/b $ hg co -C 0 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg mv a b moving a/a to b/a (glob) moving a/b to b/b (glob) $ hg ci -m "1 mv a/ b/" $ hg co -C 0 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo baz > a/c $ echo quux > a/d $ hg add a/c $ hg ci -m "2 add a/c" created new head $ hg merge --debug 1 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: a/c unmatched files in other: b/a b/b all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted): src: 'a/a' -> dst: 'b/a' src: 'a/b' -> dst: 'b/b' checking for directory renames discovered dir src: 'a/' -> dst: 'b/' pending file src: 'a/c' -> dst: 'b/c' resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: f9b20c0d4c51, local: ce36d17b18fb+, remote: 397f8b00a740 a/a: other deleted -> r a/b: other deleted -> r a/c: remote renamed directory to b/c -> d b/a: remote created -> g b/b: remote created -> g removing a/a removing a/b updating: a/b 2/5 files (40.00%) getting b/a getting b/b updating: b/b 4/5 files (80.00%) updating: a/c 5/5 files (100.00%) moving a/c to b/c (glob) 3 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/d b/a b/b b/c $ hg st -C M b/a M b/b A b/c a/c R a/a R a/b R a/c ? a/d $ hg ci -m "3 merge 2+1" $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 (glob) $ hg co -C 1 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge --debug 2 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: b/a b/b unmatched files in other: a/c all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted): src: 'a/a' -> dst: 'b/a' src: 'a/b' -> dst: 'b/b' checking for directory renames discovered dir src: 'a/' -> dst: 'b/' pending file src: 'a/c' -> dst: 'b/c' resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: f9b20c0d4c51, local: 397f8b00a740+, remote: ce36d17b18fb None: local renamed directory to b/c -> d updating:None 1/1 files (100.00%) getting a/c to b/c 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/d b/a b/b b/c $ hg st -C A b/c a/c ? a/d $ hg ci -m "4 merge 1+2" created new head $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 (glob) Second scenario with two repos: $ cd .. $ hg init r1 $ cd r1 $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/f $ hg add a adding a/f (glob) $ hg ci -m "a/f == foo" $ cd .. $ hg clone r1 r2 updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd r2 $ hg mv a b moving a/f to b/f (glob) $ echo foo1 > b/f $ hg ci -m" a -> b, b/f == foo1" $ cd .. $ cd r1 $ mkdir a/aa $ echo bar > a/aa/g $ hg add a/aa adding a/aa/g (glob) $ hg ci -m "a/aa/g" $ hg pull ../r2 pulling from ../r2 searching for changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge) $ hg merge 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st -C M b/f A b/aa/g a/aa/g R a/aa/g R a/f $ cd ..