$ hg init $ echo a > a $ hg ci -qAm 'add a' $ echo b > b $ hg ci -qAm 'add b' $ hg up -qC 0 $ hg rm a $ hg ci -m 'rm a' created new head $ hg up -qC 1 $ rm a Local deleted a file, remote removed Should fail, since there are deleted files: $ hg merge abort: outstanding uncommitted changes (use 'hg status' to list changes) Should succeed with --force: $ hg -v merge --force resolving manifests removing a 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) Should show 'a' as removed: $ hg status R a $ hg ci -m merge Should not show 'a': $ hg manifest b