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+#!/bin/sh
+# test basic functionality of url#rev syntax
+
+hg init repo
+cd repo
+echo a > a
+hg ci -qAm 'add a' -d '0 0'
+hg branch foo
+echo >> a
+hg ci -m 'change a' -d '0 0'
+cd ..
+
+echo '% clone repo#foo'
+hg clone 'repo#foo' clone
+echo '% heads'
+hg --cwd clone heads
+echo '% parents'
+hg --cwd clone parents
+sed -e 's/default.*#/default = #/' clone/.hg/hgrc
+echo
+
+echo '% changing original repo'
+cd repo
+echo >> a
+hg ci -m 'new head of branch foo' -d '0 0'
+hg up -qC default
+echo bar > bar
+hg ci -qAm 'add bar' -d '0 0'
+hg log
+echo
+
+echo '% outgoing'
+hg -q outgoing '../clone#foo'
+echo
+
+echo '% push'
+hg -q push '../clone#foo'
+hg --cwd ../clone heads
+cd ..
+echo
+
+echo '% rolling back'
+cd clone
+hg rollback
+
+echo '% incoming'
+hg -q incoming
+
+echo '% pull'
+hg -q pull
+hg heads
+echo
+
+echo '% pull should not have updated'
+hg parents -q
+echo '% going back to the default branch'
+hg up -C 0
+hg parents
+echo '% no new revs, no update'
+hg pull -qu
+hg parents -q
+echo '% rollback'
+hg rollback
+hg up -C 0
+hg parents -q
+echo '% pull -u takes us back to branch foo'
+hg pull -qu
+hg parents
+
+echo '% rollback'
+hg rollback
+hg up -C 0
+echo '% parents'
+hg parents -q
+echo '% heads'
+hg heads -q
+echo '% pull -u -r otherrev url#rev updates to rev'
+hg pull -qur default default
+echo '% parents'
+hg parents
+echo '% heads'
+hg heads
+