hg rename doesn't delete the original folder in the working copy

I've a directory in Mercurial repository called httpdocs/css/ui-lightness. I want to move this directory and all its contents to httpdocs/css/jquery/themes/ui-lightness. So, I think this is the command to launch:

hg rename httpdocs/css/ui-lightness httpdocs/css/jquery/themes/ui-lightness

In fa开发者_JAVA技巧ct, I've already tried and it seems to work, except that in the working copy the "source" directory (that is, httpdocs/css/ui-lightness) is NOT deleted (while in the repository it is).

Can someone explain why?

A Krtek found, what you're doing should work. Here's me running it locally:

~$ mkdir -p httpdocs/css/ui-lightness
~$ cd httpdocs/
~/httpdocs$ hg init
~/httpdocs$ echo test > css/ui-lightness/file
~/httpdocs$ hg commit -A -m "initial commit, old location"
adding css/ui-lightness/file
~/httpdocs$ hg rename css/ui-lightness css/jquery/themes/ui-lightness
moving css/ui-lightness/file to css/jquery/themes/ui-lightness/file
~/httpdocs$ ;s
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
~/httpdocs$ ls
css
~/httpdocs$ tree
.
`-- css
    `-- jquery
        `-- themes
            `-- ui-lightness
                `-- file

4 directories, 1 file
~/httpdocs$ hg stat
A css/jquery/themes/ui-lightness/file
R css/ui-lightness/file

If you have any untracked (possibly ignored) files in httpdocs/css/ui-lightness they won't be renamed and thus the directory won't be empty and thus not removed, but the tracked contents in that directory should be moved.

Notice I've not yet committed that rename (and that it shows up as an Add and a Remove even though Mercurial knows it's a rename), but for it to be reflected in other clones, I'd need to hg commit, hg push and they'd have to hg pull and then either hg update or hg merge.

What are you calling the "repository" and the "working copy" and where do you do your hg rename command ?

I think you just forgot to push your changes on one side and then do a pull on the other side. Changes won't magically appear in all the clones of your repository, you must retrieve the changes.

I just tested, hg rename removes the files just fine.

It does not delete the source, it just marks it for removal in the repository. You should remove files by hands afterwards.