hgrc.5: single quotes means italic in asciidoc
Use double quotes instead and mark the * as monospaced text.
#!/bin/sh
# test that a commit clears the merge state.
hg init repo
cd repo
echo foo > file
hg commit -Am 'add file'
echo bar >> file
hg commit -Am 'append bar'
echo % create a second head
hg up -C 0
echo baz >> file
hg commit -Am 'append baz'
echo % failing merge
HGMERGE=internal:fail hg merge
echo resolved > file
hg resolve -m file
hg commit -m 'resolved'
echo % resolve -l, should be empty
hg resolve -l