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 -e

umask 027
mkdir test1
cd test1

hg init
touch a b
hg add a b
hg ci -m "added a b" -d "0 0"

cd ..
mkdir test2
cd test2

hg init
hg pull ../test1
hg co
chmod +x a
hg ci -m "chmod +x a" -d "0 0"

cd ../test1
echo 123 >>a
hg ci -m "a updated" -d "0 0"

hg pull ../test2
hg heads
hg history

hg -v co -m

ls -l ../test[12]/a > foo
cut -b 0-10 < foo