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

hg init
echo foo > a
hg add a
hg commit -m "1" -d "1000000 0"
hg verify
chmod -r .hg/data/a.d
hg verify 2>/dev/null || echo verify failed
chmod +r .hg/data/a.d
hg verify 2>/dev/null || echo verify failed
chmod -w .hg/data/a.d
echo barber > a
hg commit -m "2" -d "1000000 0" 2>/dev/null || echo commit failed