hg-clone

TLDR

Clone a repository to a specified directory

$ hg clone [remote_repository_source] [destination_path]

Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits

$ hg clone --branch [branch] [remote_repository_source]

Clone a repository with only the .hg directory, without checking out files

$ hg clone --noupdate [remote_repository_source]

Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag or branch, keeping the entire history

$ hg clone --updaterev [revision] [remote_repository_source]

Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history

$ hg clone --rev [revision] [remote_repository_source]