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+#!/bin/sh
+
+hg init a
+cd a
+echo a > a
+hg ci -A -d'1 0' -m a
+
+cd ..
+
+hg init b
+cd b
+echo b > b
+hg ci -A -d'1 0' -m b
+
+cd ..
+
+hg clone a c
+cd c
+hg pull -f ../b
+HGMERGE=merge hg merge
+
+cd ..
+
+echo %% -R/--repository
+hg -R a tip
+hg --repository b tip
+
+echo %% abbrev of long option
+hg --repo c tip
+
+echo %% --cwd
+hg --cwd a parents
+
+echo %% -y/--noninteractive - just be sure it is parsed
+hg --cwd a tip -q --noninteractive
+hg --cwd a tip -q -y
+
+echo %% -q/--quiet
+hg -R a -q tip
+hg -R b -q tip
+hg -R c --quiet parents
+
+echo %% -v/--verbose
+hg --cwd c head -v
+hg --cwd b tip --verbose
+
+echo %% --config
+hg --cwd c --config paths.quuxfoo=bar paths | grep -q quuxfoo && echo quuxfoo
+hg --cwd c --config '' tip -q
+hg --cwd c --config a.b tip -q
+hg --cwd c --config a tip -q
+hg --cwd c --config a.= tip -q
+hg --cwd c --config .b= tip -q
+
+echo %% --debug
+hg --cwd c log --debug
+
+echo %% --traceback
+hg --cwd c --config x --traceback tip 2>&1 | grep -i 'traceback'
+
+echo %% --time
+hg --cwd a --time tip 2>&1 | grep '^Time:' | sed 's/[0-9][0-9]*/x/g'
+
+echo %% --version
+hg --version -q | sed 's/version [a-f0-9+]*/version xxx/'
+
+echo %% -h/--help
+hg -h
+hg --help
+
+echo %% not tested: --debugger
+