Only set mode of new patch if the target file was removed before. If the file is writable by the user, but owned by a different user, the chmod will otherwise fail with "Operation not permitted". Additionally make very sure that the file is only written if either the number of links is <= 1 or the file was successfully removed. Maybe this minimal COW code should be replaced by something from util.

#!/bin/sh

echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH

hg init a
cd a

echo 'base' > base
hg ci -Ambase -d '1 0'

hg qnew -mmqbase mqbase
hg qrename mqbase renamed
mkdir .hg/patches/foo
hg qrename renamed foo
hg qseries
ls .hg/patches/foo
mkdir .hg/patches/bar
hg qrename foo/renamed bar
hg qseries
ls .hg/patches/bar
hg qrename bar/renamed baz
hg qseries
ls .hg/patches/baz