Don't abort when backup files already exist. Don't allow alternative names. Rationale: - When the user wants to revert, he shouldn't be stopped from doing this just because some old backups will be overwritten. - To not clobber important files by accident, alternative names for backup files were disabled. As the backup target now has a fixed name, the user doesn't have to be informed about the backup copy (unless --verbose)

#!/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 "1000000 0"

cd ..
mkdir test2
cd test2

hg init
hg pull ../test1
hg co
chmod +x a
hg ci -m "chmod +x a" -d "1000000 0"

cd ../test1
echo 123 >>a
hg ci -m "a updated" -d "1000000 0"

hg pull ../test2
hg heads
hg history

hg -v co -m

ls -l ../test[12]/a > foo
cut -b 1-10 < foo