some implementations of cp can't create hardlinks $ cat > cp.py < from mercurial import util > import sys > util.copyfiles(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], hardlink=True) > EOF Test hardlinking outside hg: $ mkdir x $ echo foo > x/a $ python cp.py x y $ echo bar >> y/a No diff if hardlink: $ diff x/a y/a Test mq hardlinking: $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH $ hg init a $ cd a $ hg qimport -n foo - << EOF > # HG changeset patch > # Date 1 0 > diff -r 2588a8b53d66 a > --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 > +++ b/a Wed Jul 23 15:54:29 2008 +0200 > @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@ > +a > EOF adding foo to series file $ hg qpush applying foo now at: foo $ cd .. $ python cp.py a b $ cd b $ hg qimport -n bar - << EOF > # HG changeset patch > # Date 2 0 > diff -r 2588a8b53d66 a > --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 > +++ b/b Wed Jul 23 15:54:29 2008 +0200 > @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@ > +b > EOF adding bar to series file $ hg qpush applying bar now at: bar $ cat .hg/patches/status 430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe:foo 4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c:bar $ cat .hg/patches/series foo bar $ cat ../a/.hg/patches/status 430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe:foo $ cat ../a/.hg/patches/series foo Test tags hardlinking: $ hg qdel -r qbase:qtip patch foo finalized without changeset message patch bar finalized without changeset message $ hg tag -l lfoo $ hg tag foo $ cd .. $ python cp.py b c $ cd c $ hg tag -l -r 0 lbar $ hg tag -r 0 bar $ cat .hgtags 4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c foo 430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe bar $ cat .hg/localtags 4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c lfoo 430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe lbar $ cat ../b/.hgtags 4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c foo $ cat ../b/.hg/localtags 4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c lfoo