When hg is invoked without parameters, the short list help is displayed. When hg is executed without parameters ( or hg is executed with the 'help shortlist' command ) the short help list is displayed. If the 'help' command is passed on the commandline the full help list is displayed. In both the cases if the switch '-v' is passed, the help contains also the aliases of the short/full commands list and the global switches.

#!/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
hg verify

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