#pragma section-numbers 2 = IRC = Internet Relay Chat is one of the best ways to interact with the Mercurial community. We can be found in the channel #mercurial on [[https://web.libera.chat/?#mercurial|irc.libera.chat]]. <> == Etiquette == The Mercurial channel usually has a couple hundred people in it, so to help things go smoothly, we ask that you: * Don't say hello, just ask your question! * If you want help with a bug, please be responsive to developer questions * Don't make demands of developers - they're under no obligation to help anyone * Don't be rude to other Mercurial users * We're not fluent in all SCMs, don't assume we know what a "git foo-bar" is * Try to avoid prolonged digressions about things other than Mercurial * Use http://paste.debian.net/ to share tracebacks, etc. (or http://pastebin.com) * Please read [[Advice|suggestions on giving advice]] See also https://libera.chat/guides == Using hgbot == 'hgbot' is an IRC bot that helps with various tasks, including answering FAQs. Some useful commands: * `!main ` - summarize a commit in the main Mercurial repo * `!hg-committed ` - summarize a commit in the repo for trusted committers (usually has things that weren't yet published) * `!hg-website ` - summarize a commit in the [[https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg-website/|hg-website]] repo * `issue` or a direct link to an issue on our BugTracker - summarize an issue from the bug tracker * `!hghelp ` - get a help summary * `!learn as ` - add a factoid to the database * `!forget ` - forget a factoid * `!factoids search ` - search the factoids for a keyword * `!seen ` - report when user was last seen Some common FAQs and links: * `!irc` - link to this page * `!wiki` - link to this wiki * `!hgignore` - help on hgignore syntax * `!inotifybug` - the common [[InotifyBug|inotify bug]] * `!trust` - information about [[Trust|trusted users]] == Access through Matrix bridge == #mercurial channel is officially bridged as #mercurial:matrix.org. You should be able to use any Matrix client (e.g. Element) to join that room. == See also == * MailingLists * ProjectInfrastructure ---- CategoryProject CategoryTools