http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue1175 $ hg init $ touch a $ hg ci -Am0 adding a $ hg mv a a1 $ hg ci -m1 $ hg co 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg mv a a2 $ hg up warning: detected divergent renames of a to: a2 a1 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg ci -m2 $ touch a $ hg ci -Am3 adding a $ hg mv a b $ hg ci -Am4 a $ hg ci --debug --traceback -Am5 b b b: searching for copy revision for a b: copy a:b80de5d138758541c5f05265ad144ab9fa86d1db committed changeset 5:89e8e4be0de296fa3d6dd7825ccc44d7dc0f1f3b $ hg verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files 4 files, 6 changesets, 4 total revisions $ hg export --git tip # HG changeset patch # User test # Date 0 0 # Node ID 89e8e4be0de296fa3d6dd7825ccc44d7dc0f1f3b # Parent 7fc86ba705e717a721dbc361bf8c9bc05a18ca2f 5 diff --git a/b b/b new file mode 100644