$ addcommit () { > echo $1 > $1 > hg add $1 > hg commit -d "${2} 0" -m $1 > } $ commit () { > hg commit -d "${2} 0" -m $1 > } $ hg init a $ cd a $ addcommit "A" 0 $ addcommit "B" 1 $ echo "C" >> A $ commit "C" 2 $ hg update -C 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ echo "D" >> A $ commit "D" 3 created new head Merging a conflict araises $ hg merge merging A warning: conflicts during merge. merging A incomplete! (edit conflicts, then use 'hg resolve --mark') 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg update -C .' to abandon [1] Correct the conflict without marking the file as resolved $ echo "ABCD" > A $ hg commit -m "Merged" abort: unresolved merge conflicts (see "hg help resolve") [255] Mark the conflict as resolved and commit $ hg resolve -m A (no more unresolved files) $ hg commit -m "Merged" $ cd ..