$ hg init $ echo This is file a1 > a $ echo This is file b1 > b $ hg add a b $ hg commit -m "commit #0" $ echo This is file b22 > b $ hg commit -m "comment #1" $ hg update 0 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ rm b $ hg commit -A -m "comment #2" removing b created new head $ hg update 1 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg update abort: not a linear update (merge or update --check to force update) [255] $ rm b $ hg update -c abort: uncommitted changes [255] $ hg revert b $ hg update -c 0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ mv a c Should abort: $ hg update 1 abort: uncommitted changes (commit or update --clean to discard changes) [255] $ mv c a Should succeed: $ hg update 1 1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved