$ hg init $ echo a > a $ hg ci -Am t adding a $ hg mv a b $ hg ci -Am t1 $ hg debugrename b b renamed from a:b789fdd96dc2f3bd229c1dd8eedf0fc60e2b68e3 $ hg mv b a $ hg ci -Am t2 $ hg debugrename a a renamed from b:37d9b5d994eab34eda9c16b195ace52c7b129980 $ hg debugrename --rev 1 b b renamed from a:b789fdd96dc2f3bd229c1dd8eedf0fc60e2b68e3