Change use of global sys.stdout, sys.stdin os.environ to a hgrequest object. Note: also change hgrequest.write(str(thing)) to hgrequest.write(thing), people should make sure they write strings.

#!/bin/sh

hg init
mkfifo p

hg serve --stdio < p &
P=$!
(echo lock; echo addchangegroup; sleep 5) > p &
Q=$!
sleep 1
kill -HUP $P
sleep 1
ls .hg