Add symlink method to util.opener. Differences from os.symlink: - the symlink name is relative to the opener base directory - if a file with that name already exists, it's removed - if necessary, parent directories are created - if the system (OS or filesystem) doesn't support symlinks, a regular file is created. Its contents are the symlink target.

#!/bin/sh

mkdir a
cd a
hg init
echo a > a
hg add a
hg commit -m test -d '0 0'

# Default operation
hg clone . ../b
cd ../b
cat a
hg verify

# No update
hg clone -U . ../c
cd ../c
cat a 2>/dev/null || echo "a not present"
hg verify

# Default destination
mkdir ../d
cd ../d
hg clone ../a
cd a
hg cat a