Just exercize debugindexdot Create a short file history including a merge. $ hg init t $ cd t $ echo a > a $ hg ci -qAm t1 -d '0 0' $ echo a >> a $ hg ci -m t2 -d '1 0' $ hg up -qC 0 $ echo b >> a $ hg ci -m t3 -d '2 0' created new head $ HGMERGE=true hg merge -q $ hg ci -m merge -d '3 0' $ hg debugindexdot .hg/store/data/a.i digraph G { -1 -> 0 0 -> 1 0 -> 2 2 -> 3 1 -> 3 } $ cd ..