diff -r 1dee888b22f7 -r 06ef32c3b4bb mercurial/hbisect.py --- a/mercurial/hbisect.py Fri Nov 08 11:49:13 2013 +0100 +++ b/mercurial/hbisect.py Sun Nov 10 18:51:21 2013 +0100 @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ badrev, ancestors = buildancestors(state['good'], state['bad']) bad = changelog.node(badrev) if not ancestors: # now we're confused - if len(state['bad']) == 1 and len(state['good']) == 1: + if (len(state['bad']) == 1 and len(state['good']) == 1 and + state['bad'] != state['good']): raise util.Abort(_("starting revisions are not directly related")) raise util.Abort(_("inconsistent state, %s:%s is good and bad") % (badrev, short(bad)))