reverse sense of return value from python hooks. old scheme (False/None/0/'' == fail) made coding style unnatural, did not allow use of mercurial commands as hooks. new scheme (False/None/0 == pass) is pythonic, does not require peculiar "return True" at ends of hooks, allows hooks like this: [hooks] # update working dir after push into this repo changegroup.update = python:mercurial.commands.update

#!/bin/sh -e

umask 027
mkdir test1
cd test1

hg init
touch a b
hg add a b
hg ci -m "added a b" -d "1000000 0"

cd ..
mkdir test2
cd test2

hg init
hg pull ../test1
hg co
chmod +x a
hg ci -m "chmod +x a" -d "1000000 0"

cd ../test1
echo 123 >>a
hg ci -m "a updated" -d "1000000 0"

hg pull ../test2
hg heads
hg history

hg -v co -m

ls -l ../test[12]/a > foo
cut -b 1-10 < foo