$ hg init repo
$ cd repo
$ hg init subrepo
$ echo a > subrepo/a
$ hg -R subrepo ci -Am adda
adding a
$ echo 'subrepo = subrepo' > .hgsub
$ hg ci -Am addsubrepo
adding .hgsub
$ echo b > subrepo/b
$ hg -R subrepo ci -Am addb
adding b
$ hg ci -m updatedsub
ignore blanklines in .hgsubstate
>>> file('.hgsubstate', 'wb').write('\n\n \t \n \n')
$ hg st --subrepos
M .hgsubstate
$ hg revert -qC .hgsubstate
abort more gracefully on .hgsubstate parsing error
$ cp .hgsubstate .hgsubstate.old
>>> file('.hgsubstate', 'wb').write('\ninvalid')
$ hg st --subrepos
abort: invalid subrepository revision specifier in .hgsubstate line 2
[255]
$ mv .hgsubstate.old .hgsubstate
delete .hgsub and revert it
$ rm .hgsub
$ hg revert .hgsub
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
delete .hgsubstate and revert it
$ rm .hgsubstate
$ hg revert .hgsubstate
delete .hgsub and update
$ rm .hgsub
$ hg up 0
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg st
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
! .hgsub
$ ls subrepo
a
delete .hgsubstate and update
$ hg up -C
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
warning: subrepo spec file .hgsub not found
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ rm .hgsubstate
$ hg up 0
remote changed .hgsubstate which local deleted
use (c)hanged version or leave (d)eleted? c
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg st
$ ls subrepo
a
$ cd ..