$ hg init base $ cd base $ echo 'alpha' > alpha $ hg ci -A -m 'add alpha' adding alpha $ cd .. $ hg clone base work updating to branch default 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd work $ echo 'beta' > beta $ hg ci -A -m 'add beta' adding beta $ cd .. $ cd base $ echo 'gamma' > gamma $ hg ci -A -m 'add gamma' adding gamma $ cd .. $ cd work $ hg pull -q $ hg merge 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved (branch merge, don't forget to commit) Update --clean to revision 1 to simulate a failed merge: $ rm alpha beta gamma $ hg update --clean 1 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ cd ..