$ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH $ echo "largefiles =" >> $HGRCPATH Create the repository outside $HOME since largefiles write to $HOME/.cache/largefiles. $ hg init test $ cd test $ echo "root" > root $ hg add root $ hg commit -m "Root commit" $ echo "large" > foo $ hg add --large foo $ hg commit -m "Add foo as a largefile" $ hg update -r 0 getting changed largefiles 0 largefiles updated, 1 removed 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo "normal" > foo $ hg add foo $ hg commit -m "Add foo as normal file" created new head Normal file in the working copy, keeping the normal version: $ echo "n" | hg merge --config ui.interactive=Yes foo has been turned into a largefile use (l)argefile or keep as (n)ormal file? 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg status $ cat foo normal Normal file in the working copy, keeping the largefile version: $ hg update -q -C $ echo "l" | hg merge --config ui.interactive=Yes foo has been turned into a largefile use (l)argefile or keep as (n)ormal file? 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) getting changed largefiles 1 largefiles updated, 0 removed $ hg status M foo $ hg diff --nodates diff -r fa129ab6b5a7 .hglf/foo --- /dev/null +++ b/.hglf/foo @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@ +7f7097b041ccf68cc5561e9600da4655d21c6d18 diff -r fa129ab6b5a7 foo --- a/foo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1 +0,0 @@ -normal $ cat foo large Largefile in the working copy, keeping the normal version: $ hg update -q -C -r 1 $ echo "n" | hg merge --config ui.interactive=Yes foo has been turned into a normal file keep as (l)argefile or use (n)ormal file? 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) getting changed largefiles 0 largefiles updated, 0 removed $ hg status M foo $ hg diff --nodates diff -r ff521236428a .hglf/foo --- a/.hglf/foo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1 +0,0 @@ -7f7097b041ccf68cc5561e9600da4655d21c6d18 diff -r ff521236428a foo --- /dev/null +++ b/foo @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@ +normal $ cat foo normal Largefile in the working copy, keeping the largefile version: $ hg update -q -C -r 1 $ echo "l" | hg merge --config ui.interactive=Yes foo has been turned into a normal file keep as (l)argefile or use (n)ormal file? 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) getting changed largefiles 1 largefiles updated, 0 removed $ hg status $ cat foo large $ cd ..