== Mercurial equivalents of CVS commands ==

This table lists Mercurial's equivalents for commands provided by CVS.  Many CVS commands that do not have direct equivalents in Mercurial are discussed in CvsConcepts.

|| '''CVS''' || '''Mercurial''' || '''Meaning''' || '''References''' ||
|| add       || [[Cmd:add]]     || add a new file to the [[Repository|repository]] || ||
|| admin     ||                 || || ||
|| annotate  || [[Cmd:annotate]]|| show modification info for each line in a file || ||
|| checkout  || [[Cmd:clone]] ([[Cmd:Update]]) || create a [[WorkingDirectory|working directory]] from a repository (use [[Cmd:update]] to change an existing working directory) || ||
|| commit    || [[Cmd:commit]] ([[Cmd:push]])   || commit outstanding changes to a new [[ChangeSet|changeset]] (use [[Cmd:push]] to send commits to remote repository) || ||
|| diff      || [[Cmd:diff]]                       || diff [[Revision|revisions]], or compare the [[Tip|tip]] to the [[WorkingDirectory|working directory]] || ||
|| export    || [[Cmd:archive]] || produce an unversioned snapshot of a repository - Mercurial [[Cmd:export]] is a ''different'' operation || ||
|| history   ||                 || || ||
|| import    || [[Cmd:addremove]] || use addremove and commit to import source trees, Mercurial's [[Cmd:import]] only imports patches || ||
|| init      ||                 || CVS's init really only initialises its repository system for use, whereas Mercurial's init creates a new ready-to-use repository from scratch || ||
|| kserver   || [[Cmd:serve]]   || export repository remotely || [[CvsConcepts#server|Running a server]] (for CVS) and [[PublishingRepositories|Publishing Repositories]] ||
|| log       || [[Cmd:log]]     || show [[Revision|revision]] history of repository or file || ||
|| login, logout ||                 || || [[CvsConcepts#Authenticated_access|Authenticated access]] (for CVS) ||
|| pserver   || [[Cmd:serve]] || export repository remotely || [[CvsConcepts#server|Running a server]] (for CVS) and [[PublishingRepositories|Publishing Repositories]] ||
|| rannotate ||                 || || ||
|| rdiff     || [[Cmd:export]]  || export changeset in [[PatchFile|patch file]] format || ||
|| release   ||                 || || ||
|| remove    || [[Cmd:remove]]  || remove the specified files on the next commit || ||
|| rlog      ||                 || || ||
|| rtag      || [[Cmd:tag]]     || add a tag for a changeset || ||
|| server    || [[Cmd:serve]]   || export repository remotely || [[CvsConcepts#server|Running a server]] (for CVS) and [[PublishingRepositories|Publishing Repositories]] ||
|| status    || [[Cmd:status]]  || show changed files in working directory || ||
|| tag       || [[Cmd:tag]]     || add a tag for a changeset || [[CvsConcepts#tag|Modules, branching and tagging]] (for CVS) ||
|| unedit    ||                 || || ||
|| update    || [[Cmd:pull|pull -u]] || update or merge working directory, mostly equivalent to a combination of [[Cmd:pull]] (to get remote changes) and [[Cmd:update]] in Mercurial || ||
|| version   || version         || print version and copyright information || ||
|| watch, watchers ||                 || || [[CvsConcepts#watch|Watching files]] (for CVS) ||