``` hg clone ssh://example.com/repo cd repo hg update -r $SOME_COMMIT_HASH_OR_ID ``` Unless you mean you want to delete history back to a certain point, i

``` hg clone ssh://example.com/repo cd repo hg update -r $SOME_COMMIT_HASH_OR_ID ``` Unless you mean you want to delete history back to a certain point, in which case it's only slightly more complicated.