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Point to chapter on undoing mistakes.

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Mercurial has a longstanding bug in which it fails to handle a merge
where one side has a file with a given name, while another has a
directory with the same name.  This is documented as~\bug{29}.
\interaction{issue29.go}

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Mercurial has a longstanding bug in which it fails to handle a merge
where one side has a file with a given name, while another has a
directory with the same name.  This is documented as~\bug{29}.
\interaction{issue29.go}

\section{Recovering from mistakes}

Mercurial has some useful commands that will help you to recover from
some common mistakes.

The \hgcmd{revert} command lets you undo changes that you have made to
your working directory.  For example, if you \hgcmd{add} a file by
accident, just run \hgcmd{revert} with the name of the file you added,
and while the file won't be touched in any way, it won't be tracked
for adding by Mercurial any longer, either.  You can also use
\hgcmd{revert} to get rid of erroneous changes to a file.

It's useful to remember that the \hgcmd{revert} command is useful for
changes that you have not yet committed.  Once you've committed a
change, if you decide it was a mistake, you can still do something
about it, though your options may be more limited.

For more information about the \hgcmd{revert} command, and details
about how to deal with changes you have already committed, see
chapter~\ref{cha:undo}.

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