Set vars: $ CONTRIBDIR=$TESTDIR/../contrib Prepare repo-a: $ hg init repo-a $ cd repo-a $ echo this is file a > a $ hg add a $ hg commit -m first $ echo adding to file a >> a $ hg commit -m second $ echo adding more to file a >> a $ hg commit -m third $ hg verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files 1 files, 3 changesets, 3 total revisions Dumping revlog of file a to stdout: $ python $CONTRIBDIR/dumprevlog .hg/store/data/a.i file: .hg/store/data/a.i node: 183d2312b35066fb6b3b449b84efc370d50993d0 linkrev: 0 parents: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 length: 15 -start- this is file a -end- node: b1047953b6e6b633c0d8197eaa5116fbdfd3095b linkrev: 1 parents: 183d2312b35066fb6b3b449b84efc370d50993d0 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 length: 32 -start- this is file a adding to file a -end- node: 8c4fd1f7129b8cdec6c7f58bf48fb5237a4030c1 linkrev: 2 parents: b1047953b6e6b633c0d8197eaa5116fbdfd3095b 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 length: 54 -start- this is file a adding to file a adding more to file a -end- Dump all revlogs to file repo.dump: $ find .hg/store -name "*.i" | sort | xargs python $CONTRIBDIR/dumprevlog > ../repo.dump $ cd .. Undumping into repo-b: $ hg init repo-b $ cd repo-b $ python $CONTRIBDIR/undumprevlog < ../repo.dump .hg/store/00changelog.i .hg/store/00manifest.i .hg/store/data/a.i $ cd .. Rebuild fncache with clone --pull: $ hg clone --pull -U repo-b repo-c requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 1 files Verify: $ hg -R repo-c verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files 1 files, 3 changesets, 3 total revisions Compare repos: $ hg -R repo-c incoming repo-a comparing with repo-a searching for changes no changes found [1] $ hg -R repo-a incoming repo-c comparing with repo-c searching for changes no changes found [1]