#!/bin/sh hg init echo "nothing" > a hg add a hg commit -m ancestor -d "1000000 0" echo "something" > a hg commit -m branch1 -d "1000000 0" hg co 0 echo "something else" > a hg commit -m branch2 -d "1000000 0" HGMERGE=merge; export HGMERGE hg merge 1 hg id egrep -v ">>>|<<<" a hg status