$ . "$TESTDIR/narrow-library.sh" create full repo $ hg init master $ cd master $ mkdir inside $ echo inside > inside/f1 $ mkdir outside $ echo outside > outside/f1 $ hg ci -Aqm 'initial' $ echo modified > inside/f1 $ hg ci -qm 'modify inside' $ echo modified > outside/f1 $ hg ci -qm 'modify outside' $ cd .. $ hg clone --narrow ssh://user@dummy/master narrow --include inside requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files new changesets *:* (glob) updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd narrow Can show patch touching paths outside $ hg log -p changeset: 2:* (glob) tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: modify outside changeset: 1:* (glob) user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: modify inside diff -r * -r * inside/f1 (glob) --- a/inside/f1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/inside/f1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ -inside +modified changeset: 0:* (glob) user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: initial diff -r 000000000000 -r * inside/f1 (glob) --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/inside/f1 Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@ +inside $ hg status --rev 1 --rev 2 Can show copies inside the narrow clone $ hg cp inside/f1 inside/f2 $ hg diff --git diff --git a/inside/f1 b/inside/f2 copy from inside/f1 copy to inside/f2