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mercurial

(adj) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, swiftness, cleverness) attributed to the god Mercury.

Mercurial

(n) a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.

Getting Started

• Download and install Mercurial as a binary package or download and build from source.

• Look at MajorFeatures, see WhatsNew (release notes) and read the UpgradeNotes

• UnderstandingMercurial and Tutorial for new users

• A QuickStart for the impatient

• The article Inside a distributed version control system (PDF, 13 pages)

• Quick Reference Cards And Cheat Sheets (PDF and PNG) to decorate your desk

• There are many ways to create a dissertation paper. It may seems difficult at first, but once you know the basic techniques of doing it, you can never go wrong.

Using Mercurial

• The book Mercurial: The Definitive Guide (HTML, source)

• ManPages, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and TipsAndTricks

• UsingExtensions – add optional features like glog or mq

• HOWTOs explain some useful ways of using Mercurial

• MercurialHosting lists options for public hosting of your repositories

• OtherTools that work with Mercurial (IDE integration, GUI clients, etc.)

For refugees from other SCMs

• CvsInfo – info for CVS users

• WorkingWithSubversion – info for SVN users

• PerforceConcepts – info for Perforce users

• GitConcepts – info for Git users

• ClearcaseInfo – working alongside Rational Clearcase

• RepositoryConversion from other SCM formats to Mercurial

• Distributed version control illustrated

Further information

• Commercial support and consulting

• DeveloperInfo for Mercurial hackers

• Bug Tracker and MailingLists

• IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net

• A list of ProjectsUsingMercurial and links to their repositories.

• A list of Presentations and other related events.

• Some success stories.

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