initial $ hg init test-a $ cd test-a $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF" > 1 > 2 > 3 > EOF $ hg add test.txt $ hg commit -m "Initial" clone $ cd .. $ hg clone test-a test-b updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved change test-a $ cd test-a $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF" > one > two > three > EOF $ hg commit -m "Numbers as words" change test-b $ cd ../test-b $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF" > 1 > 2.5 > 3 > EOF $ hg commit -m "2 -> 2.5" now pull and merge from test-a $ hg pull ../test-a pulling from ../test-a searching for changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) new changesets 96b70246a118 (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge) $ hg merge merging test.txt warning: conflicts while merging test.txt! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark') 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1] resolve conflict $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF" > one > two-point-five > three > EOF $ rm -f *.orig $ hg resolve -m test.txt (no more unresolved files) $ hg commit -m "Merge 1" change test-a again $ cd ../test-a $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF" > one > two-point-one > three > EOF $ hg commit -m "two -> two-point-one" pull and merge from test-a again $ cd ../test-b $ hg pull ../test-a pulling from ../test-a searching for changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) new changesets 40d11a4173a8 (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge) $ hg merge --debug searching for copies back to rev 1 resolving manifests branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False ancestor: 96b70246a118, local: 50c3a7e29886+, remote: 40d11a4173a8 preserving test.txt for resolve of test.txt starting 4 threads for background file closing (?) test.txt: versions differ -> m (premerge) picked tool ':merge' for test.txt (binary False symlink False changedelete False) merging test.txt my test.txt@50c3a7e29886+ other test.txt@40d11a4173a8 ancestor test.txt@96b70246a118 test.txt: versions differ -> m (merge) picked tool ':merge' for test.txt (binary False symlink False changedelete False) my test.txt@50c3a7e29886+ other test.txt@40d11a4173a8 ancestor test.txt@96b70246a118 warning: conflicts while merging test.txt! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark') 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon [1] $ cat test.txt one <<<<<<< working copy: 50c3a7e29886 - test: Merge 1 two-point-five ======= two-point-one >>>>>>> merge rev: 40d11a4173a8 - test: two -> two-point-one three $ hg debugindex test.txt rev linkrev nodeid p1 p2 0 0 01365c4cca56 000000000000 000000000000 1 1 7b013192566a 01365c4cca56 000000000000 2 2 8fe46a3eb557 01365c4cca56 000000000000 3 3 fc3148072371 7b013192566a 8fe46a3eb557 4 4 d40249267ae3 8fe46a3eb557 000000000000 $ hg log changeset: 4:40d11a4173a8 tag: tip parent: 2:96b70246a118 user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: two -> two-point-one changeset: 3:50c3a7e29886 parent: 1:d1e159716d41 parent: 2:96b70246a118 user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: Merge 1 changeset: 2:96b70246a118 parent: 0:b1832b9d912a user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: Numbers as words changeset: 1:d1e159716d41 user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: 2 -> 2.5 changeset: 0:b1832b9d912a user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: Initial $ cd ..