hg clone from non bare repository

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henry@torak:/tmp$ hg init a

henry@torak:/tmp$ hg clone a intermediate
updating to branch default
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp$ hg clone intermediate b
updating to branch default
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp$ hg clone intermediate c
updating to branch default
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp$ cd c

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ date > date1.txt ; hg add date1.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg commit -m "c commit" ; bit push
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg commit -m "c commit" ; hg push
nothing changed
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ cd ../b

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ hg pull
pulling from /tmp/intermediate
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ hg update
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ ls
date1.txt
henry@torak:/tmp/b$ cd ../intermediate

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ ls

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ hg update
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ cd ../b

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ ls
date1.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ date > datefromb.txt; hg add datefromb.txt  ; hg commit -m "commit from b" ; hg push
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ cd ../c ; ls
date1.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ date > datefromc.txt ; hg add datefromc.txt ; hg push
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ cd ../b; hg pull ; hg update
pulling from /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ ls
date1.txt  datefromb.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ cd ../c; date > datefromc.txt ; hg add datefromc.txt; hg commit -m "push from c" ; hg push
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
abort: push creates new remote head ba30fcc90ab6!
(you should pull and merge or use push -f to force)
warning: commit.autopush hook exited with status 255
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
abort: push creates new remote head ba30fcc90ab6!
(you should pull and merge or use push -f to force)

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg pull ; hg update
pulling from /tmp/intermediate
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)
abort: crosses branches (merge branches or update --check to force update)

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg pull --rebase
pulling from /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg update
abort: crosses branches (merge branches or update --check to force update)

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg merge
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg commit -m "hg merge"
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 2 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files

henry@torak:/tmp/c$ hg push
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found
henry@torak:/tmp/c$ ls
date1.txt  datefromb.txt  datefromc.txt
henry@torak:/tmp/c$ cd ..
henry@torak:/tmp$ cd b
henry@torak:/tmp/b$ ls
date1.txt  datefromb.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/b$ hg pull ; hg merge ; hg update ; hg push
pulling from /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 2 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
abort: nothing to merge
(use 'hg update' instead)
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
pushing to /tmp/intermediate
searching for changes
no changes found

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ cd ../intermediate hg push
pushing to /tmp/a
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 4 changesets with 3 changes to 3 files

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ hg update
2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ ls
date1.txt  datefromb.txt  datefromc.txt

henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ hg push
pushing to /tmp/a
searching for changes
no changes found
henry@torak:/tmp/intermediate$ cd ../a ; ls

henry@torak:/tmp/a$ hg update ; ls
3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
date1.txt  datefromb.txt  datefromc.txt

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my .hgrc

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[extensions]
hgext.convert=
rebase=

[ui]
username = Henry Crutcher <henry@equitieslab.com>


[hooks]
commit.autopush = hg push

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