diff -r 119e1c6be1ce -r 96f43981c1c4 mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Aug 09 17:01:21 2017 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Thu Aug 03 05:12:35 2017 +0530
@@ -573,6 +573,111 @@
 
     return finalrs
 
+def _commentlines(raw):
+    '''Surround lineswith a comment char and a new line'''
+    lines = raw.splitlines()
+    commentedlines = ['# %s' % line for line in lines]
+    return '\n'.join(commentedlines) + '\n'
+
+def _conflictsmsg(repo):
+    # avoid merge cycle
+    from . import merge as mergemod
+    mergestate = mergemod.mergestate.read(repo)
+    if not mergestate.active():
+        return
+
+    m = scmutil.match(repo[None])
+    unresolvedlist = [f for f in mergestate if m(f) and mergestate[f] == 'u']
+    if unresolvedlist:
+        mergeliststr = '\n'.join(
+            ['    %s' % os.path.relpath(
+                os.path.join(repo.root, path),
+                pycompat.getcwd()) for path in unresolvedlist])
+        msg = _('''Unresolved merge conflicts:
+
+%s
+
+To mark files as resolved:  hg resolve --mark FILE''') % mergeliststr
+    else:
+        msg = _('No unresolved merge conflicts.')
+
+    return _commentlines(msg)
+
+def _helpmessage(continuecmd, abortcmd):
+    msg = _('To continue:                %s\n'
+            'To abort:                   %s') % (continuecmd, abortcmd)
+    return _commentlines(msg)
+
+def _rebasemsg():
+    return _helpmessage('hg rebase --continue', 'hg rebase --abort')
+
+def _histeditmsg():
+    return _helpmessage('hg histedit --continue', 'hg histedit --abort')
+
+def _unshelvemsg():
+    return _helpmessage('hg unshelve --continue', 'hg unshelve --abort')
+
+def _updatecleanmsg(dest=None):
+    warning = _('warning: this will discard uncommitted changes')
+    return 'hg update --clean %s    (%s)' % (dest or '.', warning)
+
+def _graftmsg():
+    # tweakdefaults requires `update` to have a rev hence the `.`
+    return _helpmessage('hg graft --continue', _updatecleanmsg())
+
+def _mergemsg():
+    # tweakdefaults requires `update` to have a rev hence the `.`
+     return _helpmessage('hg commit', _updatecleanmsg())
+
+def _bisectmsg():
+    msg = _('To mark the changeset good:    hg bisect --good\n'
+            'To mark the changeset bad:     hg bisect --bad\n'
+            'To abort:                      hg bisect --reset\n')
+    return _commentlines(msg)
+
+def fileexistspredicate(filename):
+    return lambda repo: repo.vfs.exists(filename)
+
+def _mergepredicate(repo):
+    return len(repo[None].parents()) > 1
+
+STATES = (
+    # (state, predicate to detect states, helpful message function)
+    ('histedit', fileexistspredicate('histedit-state'), _histeditmsg),
+    ('bisect', fileexistspredicate('bisect.state'), _bisectmsg),
+    ('graft', fileexistspredicate('graftstate'), _graftmsg),
+    ('unshelve', fileexistspredicate('unshelverebasestate'), _unshelvemsg),
+    ('rebase', fileexistspredicate('rebasestate'), _rebasemsg),
+    # The merge state is part of a list that will be iterated over.
+    # They need to be last because some of the other unfinished states may also
+    # be in a merge or update state (eg. rebase, histedit, graft, etc).
+    # We want those to have priority.
+    ('merge', _mergepredicate, _mergemsg),
+)
+
+def _getrepostate(repo):
+    # experimental config: commands.status.skipstates
+    skip = set(repo.ui.configlist('commands', 'status.skipstates'))
+    for state, statedetectionpredicate, msgfn in STATES:
+        if state in skip:
+            continue
+        if statedetectionpredicate(repo):
+            return (state, statedetectionpredicate, msgfn)
+
+def morestatus(repo, fm):
+    statetuple = _getrepostate(repo)
+    label = 'status.morestatus'
+    if statetuple:
+        fm.startitem()
+        state, statedetectionpredicate, helpfulmsg = statetuple
+        statemsg = _('The repository is in an unfinished *%s* state.') % state
+        fm.write('statemsg', '%s\n',  _commentlines(statemsg), label=label)
+        conmsg = _conflictsmsg(repo)
+        fm.write('conflictsmsg', '%s\n', conmsg, label=label)
+        if helpfulmsg:
+            helpmsg = helpfulmsg()
+            fm.write('helpmsg', '%s\n', helpmsg, label=label)
+
 def findpossible(cmd, table, strict=False):
     """
     Return cmd -> (aliases, command table entry)