Only read .hg/hgrc files from trusted users/groups The list of trusted users and groups is specified in the [trusted] section of a hgrc; the current user is always trusted; "*" can be used to trust all users/groups. Global hgrc files are always read. On Windows (and other systems that don't have the pwd and grp modules), all .hg/hgrc files are read.

#!/bin/sh

hg init
echo 123 > a
hg add a
hg commit -m "first" -d "1000000 0" a
mkdir sub
echo 321 > sub/b
hg add sub/b
hg commit -m "second" -d "1000000 0" sub/b
cat sub/b
hg co 0
cat sub/b 2>/dev/null || echo "sub/b not present"
ls sub 2>/dev/null || echo "sub not present"

true