$ hg init repo $ cd repo $ echo line 1 > foo $ hg ci -qAm 'add foo' copy foo to bar and change both files $ hg cp foo bar $ echo line 2-1 >> foo $ echo line 2-2 >> bar $ hg ci -m 'cp foo bar; change both' in another branch, change foo in a way that doesn't conflict with the other changes $ hg up -qC 0 $ echo line 0 > foo $ hg cat foo >> foo $ hg ci -m 'change foo' created new head we get conflicts that shouldn't be there $ hg merge -P changeset: 1:484bf6903104 user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: cp foo bar; change both $ hg merge --debug searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in other: bar all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted): bar -> foo * checking for directory renames resolving manifests overwrite: False, partial: False ancestor: e6dc8efe11cc, local: 6a0df1dad128+, remote: 484bf6903104 foo: versions differ -> m foo: remote copied to bar -> m preserving foo for resolve of bar preserving foo for resolve of foo updating: foo 1/2 files (50.00%) picked tool 'internal:merge' for bar (binary False symlink False) merging foo and bar to bar my bar@6a0df1dad128+ other bar@484bf6903104 ancestor foo@e6dc8efe11cc premerge successful updating: foo 2/2 files (100.00%) picked tool 'internal:merge' for foo (binary False symlink False) merging foo my foo@6a0df1dad128+ other foo@484bf6903104 ancestor foo@e6dc8efe11cc premerge successful 0 files updated, 2 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) contents of foo $ cat foo line 0 line 1 line 2-1 contents of bar $ cat bar line 0 line 1 line 2-2