#!/bin/sh cleanpath() { sed -e "s:/.*\(/test-symlink-basic/.*\):...\1:" } cat >> readlink.py <', os.readlink(f) EOF hg init a cd a ln -s nothing dangling hg commit -m 'commit symlink without adding' -d '0 0' dangling 2>&1 | cleanpath hg add dangling hg commit -m 'add symlink' -d '0 0' hg tip -v hg manifest --debug echo '% rev 0:' python ../readlink.py dangling rm dangling ln -s void dangling hg commit -m 'change symlink' echo '% rev 1:' python ../readlink.py dangling echo '% modifying link' rm dangling ln -s empty dangling python ../readlink.py dangling echo '% reverting to rev 0:' hg revert -r 0 -a python ../readlink.py dangling echo '% backups:' python ../readlink.py *.orig rm *.orig hg up -C echo '% copies' hg cp -v dangling dangling2 hg st -Cmard python ../readlink.py dangling dangling2