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| ''Hg'': the chemical symbol for mercury, from the Greek hydrargyrum. ''mercurial'': relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury. ''Mercurial'': a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects. |
''mercurial'': 1. (adj) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, swiftness, cleverness) attributed to the god Mercury. 2. (n) a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects. |
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| * [http://www.ivy.fr/mercurial/ref/v1.0 Quick Reference Cards] (PDF and PNG) to decorate your desk | |
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| * The unofficial manual: '''''[http://hgbook.red-bean.com/ Distributed Revision Control with Mercurial]''''' ([http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.html HTML], [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.pdf PDF], [http://hg.serpentine.com/mercurial/book source]) | |
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| * [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/ Distributed Revision Control with Mercurial] - an unofficial manual: [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.html HTML], [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.pdf PDF], [http://hg.serpentine.com/mercurial/book source] | |
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| * MercurialHosting lists options for public hosting of your repositories | |
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| * [http://betterexplained.com/articles/intro-to-distributed-version-control-illustrated/ Distributed version control illustrated] |
mercurial:
- (adj) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, swiftness, cleverness) attributed to the god Mercury.
- (n) a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
Getting Started
["Download"] and build Mercurial from source or use BinaryPackages to install
Look at MajorFeatures, see WhatsNew and read the UpgradeNotes
UnderstandingMercurial and ["Tutorial"] for new users
A QuickStart for the impatient
[http://www.ivy.fr/mercurial/ref/v1.0 Quick Reference Cards] (PDF and PNG) to decorate your desk
Using Mercurial
The unofficial manual: [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/ Distributed Revision Control with Mercurial] ([http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.html HTML], [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.pdf PDF], [http://hg.serpentine.com/mercurial/book source])
ManPages, [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions], and TipsAndTricks
["UsingExtensions"] - add optional features like mq, hgk, bisect, etc.
- ["HOWTOs"] explain some useful ways of using Mercurial
MercurialHosting lists options for public hosting of your repositories
[http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/ Bug Tracker] and MailingLists
For refugees from other SCMs
CvsInfo - info for CVS users
RepositoryConversion from other SCM formats to Mercurial
[http://betterexplained.com/articles/intro-to-distributed-version-control-illustrated/ Distributed version control illustrated]
Further information
Commercial [:Support:support] and consulting
DeveloperInfo for Mercurial hackers
- IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net
OtherTools that work with Mercurial
A list of ["ProjectsUsingMercurial"] and links to their repositories.
- A list of ["Presentations"] and other related events.
Please contribute!
Contributions are most welcome! Please create a user name for yourself by clicking "Login" in the upper right. Mercurial and all wiki content are available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL].