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

hg init
echo "nothing" > a
hg add a
hg commit -m ancestor -d "0 0"
echo "something" > a
hg commit -m branch1 -d "0 0"
hg co 0
echo "something else" > a
hg commit -m branch2 -d "0 0"
HGMERGE=merge; export HGMERGE
hg up -m 1
hg id
grep -Ev ">>>|<<<" a
hg status