How to "checkout" from a repository ?

[TK Soh]

On 4/1/07, Markus Moeller <huaraz at moeller.plus.com> wrote:
> I see the clone creates already the plain source files. The changes are
> stored under .hg/store/data as .i files ?

So hg clone did checkout the source in your directory. That should
explain the output of hg update. I must not have read your first post
correctly then.

Yes, the changes are stored as the .i files, and usually, the .d files
too. Hg has one distinct different for CVS. The following URL might be
helpful to get you started on the basic concept of Hg (assuming it
doesn't confuse you even more ;-) :

  http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/UnderstandingMercurial