$ hg init $ echo "[merge]" >> .hg/hgrc $ echo "followcopies = 1" >> .hg/hgrc $ echo foo > a $ echo foo > a2 $ hg add a a2 $ hg ci -m "start" $ hg mv a b $ hg mv a2 b2 $ hg ci -m "rename" $ hg co 0 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo blahblah > a $ echo blahblah > a2 $ hg mv a2 c2 $ hg ci -m "modify" created new head $ hg merge -y --debug searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: c2 unmatched files in other: b b2 all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): c2 -> a2 ! b -> a * b2 -> a2 ! checking for directory renames a2: divergent renames -> dr resolving manifests overwrite None partial False ancestor af1939970a1c local 044f8520aeeb+ remote 85c198ef2f6c a: remote moved to b -> m b2: remote created -> g preserving a for resolve of b removing a updating: a 1/3 files (33.33%) picked tool 'internal:merge' for b (binary False symlink False) merging a and b to b my b@044f8520aeeb+ other b@85c198ef2f6c ancestor a@af1939970a1c premerge successful updating: a2 2/3 files (66.67%) warning: detected divergent renames of a2 to: c2 b2 updating: b2 3/3 files (100.00%) getting b2 1 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg status -AC M b a M b2 R a C c2 $ cat b blahblah $ hg ci -m "merge" $ hg debugindex .hg/store/data/b.i rev offset length base linkrev nodeid p1 p2 0 0 67 0 1 57eacc201a7f 000000000000 000000000000 1 67 72 1 3 4727ba907962 000000000000 57eacc201a7f $ hg debugrename b b renamed from a:dd03b83622e78778b403775d0d074b9ac7387a66