$ cat <<EOF > merge
> import sys, os
> print "merging for", os.path.basename(sys.argv[1])
> EOF
$ HGMERGE="python ../merge"; export HGMERGE
$ mkdir A1
$ cd A1
$ hg init
$ echo This is file foo1 > foo
$ echo This is file bar1 > bar
$ hg add foo bar
$ hg commit -m "commit text"
$ cd ..
$ hg clone A1 B1
updating to branch default
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd A1
$ rm bar
$ hg remove bar
$ hg commit -m "commit test"
$ cd ../B1
$ echo This is file foo22 > foo
$ hg commit -m "commit test"
$ cd ..
$ hg clone A1 A2
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg clone B1 B2
updating to branch default
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd A1
$ hg pull ../B1
pulling from ../B1
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
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg commit -m "commit test"
bar should remain deleted.
$ hg manifest --debug
f9b0e817f6a48de3564c6b2957687c5e7297c5a0 644 foo
$ cd ../B2
$ hg pull ../A2
pulling from ../A2
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 0 changes to 0 files (+1 heads)
(run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
$ hg merge
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg commit -m "commit test"
bar should remain deleted.
$ hg manifest --debug
f9b0e817f6a48de3564c6b2957687c5e7297c5a0 644 foo