$ hg init t $ cd t $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/a $ echo bar > a/b $ hg ci -Am "0" adding a/a adding a/b $ hg co -C 0 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg mv a b moving a/a to b/a moving a/b to b/b $ hg ci -m "1 mv a/ b/" $ hg co -C 0 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo baz > a/c $ echo quux > a/d $ hg add a/c $ hg ci -m "2 add a/c" created new head $ hg merge --debug 1 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: a/c a/d unmatched files in other: b/a b/b all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): b/a -> a/a b/b -> a/b checking for directory renames dir a/ -> b/ file a/c -> b/c file a/d -> b/d resolving manifests overwrite None partial False ancestor f9b20c0d4c51 local ce36d17b18fb+ remote 397f8b00a740 a/d: remote renamed directory to b/d -> d a/c: remote renamed directory to b/c -> d a/b: other deleted -> r a/a: other deleted -> r b/a: remote created -> g b/b: remote created -> g updating: a/a 1/6 files (16.67%) removing a/a updating: a/b 2/6 files (33.33%) removing a/b updating: a/c 3/6 files (50.00%) moving a/c to b/c updating: a/d 4/6 files (66.67%) moving a/d to b/d updating: b/a 5/6 files (83.33%) getting b/a updating: b/b 6/6 files (100.00%) getting b/b 4 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/* b/a b/b b/c b/d $ hg st -C M b/a M b/b A b/c a/c R a/a R a/b R a/c ? b/d $ hg ci -m "3 merge 2+1" $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 $ hg co -C 1 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg merge --debug 2 searching for copies back to rev 1 unmatched files in local: b/a b/b b/d unmatched files in other: a/c all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent): b/a -> a/a b/b -> a/b checking for directory renames dir a/ -> b/ file a/c -> b/c resolving manifests overwrite None partial False ancestor f9b20c0d4c51 local 397f8b00a740+ remote ce36d17b18fb None: local renamed directory to b/c -> d updating:None 1/1 files (100.00%) getting a/c to b/c 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ echo a/* b/* a/* b/a b/b b/c b/d $ hg st -C A b/c a/c ? b/d $ hg ci -m "4 merge 1+2" created new head $ hg debugrename b/c b/c renamed from a/c:354ae8da6e890359ef49ade27b68bbc361f3ca88 Second scenario with two repos: $ cd .. $ hg init r1 $ cd r1 $ mkdir a $ echo foo > a/f $ hg add a adding a/f $ hg ci -m "a/f == foo" $ cd .. $ hg clone r1 r2 updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd r2 $ hg mv a b moving a/f to b/f $ echo foo1 > b/f $ hg ci -m" a -> b, b/f == foo1" $ cd .. $ cd r1 $ mkdir a/aa $ echo bar > a/aa/g $ hg add a/aa adding a/aa/g $ hg ci -m "a/aa/g" $ hg pull ../r2 pulling from ../r2 searching for changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads) (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge) $ hg merge 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) $ hg st -C M b/f A b/aa/g a/aa/g R a/aa/g R a/f