#!/bin/sh hg init cat > .hg/hgrc < a.gz hg add a.gz hg ci -m "test" -d "0 0" echo %% no changes hg status touch a.gz echo %% no changes hg status echo %% uncompressed contents in repo hg debugdata .hg/data/a.gz.d 0 echo %% uncompress our working dir copy gunzip < a.gz rm a.gz hg co echo %% uncompress our new working dir copy gunzip < a.gz