forgot to rerun tests after changed backup extension to .orig.
thomas a.h. found this.
#!/bin/sh
hg init 1
echo '[ui]' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
echo 'timeout = 10' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
echo foo > 1/foo
hg --cwd 1 ci -A -m foo
hg clone 1 2
hg clone 2 3
echo '[hooks]' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
echo 'changegroup.push = hg push -qf ../1' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
echo bar >> 3/foo
hg --cwd 3 ci -m bar
hg --cwd 3 push ../2