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= Mercurial distributed SCM [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/mercurial-logo.png]
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This is a wiki for Matt Mackall's [Mercurial] DistributedSCM tool. ''mercurial'': relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
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== Please contribute! ''Hg'': the chemical symbol for mercury, from the Greek hydrargyrum
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Contributions are most welcome, but please create a user name for yourself before you edit anything. To do this, click on the "You are !AnonymousGnome" link up in the top right corner of this page, then type in a user name, wiki fashion, where it asks you to. If you're not familiar with [http://www.kwiki.org Kwiki], read [http://www.kwiki.org/?KwikiFormattingRules KwikiFormattingRules] before you start editing anything. This is a wiki for the Mercurial ["DistributedSCM"] tool.
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== New to all this stuff? == Please contribute! ==
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* [Download]
* There may be BinaryPackages available for your system already
* UnixInstall describes how to install [Mercurial] under Linux, !MacOS X, and Unix variants
* ServerInstall describes how to set up project's repository so it can be publically accessed via an Apache web server.
* WindowsInstall describes how to install [Mercurial] under Windows
* [Tutorial] for new users ([FrenchTutorial] and [SpanishTutorial] available)
* ConfigurationOptions describes the options available in the hgrc files
* OtherTools that work with Mercurial
Contributions are most welcome, but please create a user name for yourself before you edit anything. To do this, click on the "Login" link up in the top right corner of this page and follow the instructions from there.
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== For CVS refugees == New to all this stuff? ==
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* CvsConcepts - translations of [CVS] concepts into [Mercurial] terms
* CvsCommands - equivalents of commands provided by [CVS]
* How to handle MultipleCommitters
 * Check out the MajorFeatures
 * ["Download"] the latest source or check for BinaryPackages for your system
 * UnixInstall describes how to install Mercurial under Linux, Mac``OS X, and Unix variants
 * WindowsInstall describes how to install Mercurial under Windows
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== More information == Using Mercurial ==
 * A QuickStart for the impatient
 * ["Tutorial"] for new users (["FrenchTutorial"] and ["SpanishTutorial"] available)
 * [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions]
 * [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hg.1.html hg(1)] and [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html hgrc(5)] manpages
 * WorkingPractices describing several somewhat sane ways to use Mercurial
 * How to handle MultipleCommitters
 * CommunicatingChanges describes the various ways Mercurial can exchange changesets
 * PublishingRepositories and ServerInstall describes various ways to make your code visible to the world
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* [FAQ]
* ConvertingRepositories from other [SCM] formats to [Mercurial]
* [Glossary] of terms (useful if you're not used to distributed source management)
* [Design]: Mercurial's data structures and how it uses them.
* MissingFeatures that have yet to be implemented
* A [Tag] is slightly different in [Mercurial] than in other [SCM] systems
* WorkingPractices describing several somewhat sane ways to use [Mercurial]
* A list of [ProjectsUsingMercurial] and links to their repositories.
== For refugees from CVS and other systems ==
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== Information for contributors  * CvsConcepts - translations of ["CVS"] concepts into Mercurial terms
 * CvsCommands - equivalents of commands provided by ["CVS"]
 * ConvertingRepositories from other ["SCM"] formats to Mercurial
 * ["Glossary"] of terms (useful if you're not used to distributed source management)
 * A ["Tag"] is slightly different in Mercurial than in other ["SCM"] systems
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* ContributingChanges
* The ToDo list
* MissingFeatures - a good place to look if you want to help out
* OptionNaming - the conventions used to name command-line options
* WireProtocol
== Information for contributors ==
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== Links  * Tips for ContributingChanges
 * The ToDo list and MissingFeatures
 * ["Design"] - Mercurial's data structures and how it uses them.
 * WhatGoesWhere - the project architecture
 * WireProtocol - the push/pull changegroup protocol
 * OptionNaming - the conventions used to name command-line options
 * DebuggingFeatures - how to poke around in Mercurial's internals
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* [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial Official Mercurial home page]
* MailingList
* IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net
* [http://www.kwiki.org/?KwikiFormattingRules KwikiFormattingRules]
== Links ==

 
* [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial Official Mercurial home page]
 * MailingList
 * IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net
 * OtherTools that work with Mercurial
 * A list of
["ProjectsUsingMercurial"] and links to their repositories.

[http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/mercurial-logo.png]

mercurial: relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

Hg: the chemical symbol for mercury, from the Greek hydrargyrum

This is a wiki for the Mercurial ["DistributedSCM"] tool.

Please contribute!

Contributions are most welcome, but please create a user name for yourself before you edit anything. To do this, click on the "Login" link up in the top right corner of this page and follow the instructions from there.

New to all this stuff?

Using Mercurial

For refugees from CVS and other systems

  • CvsConcepts - translations of ["CVS"] concepts into Mercurial terms

  • CvsCommands - equivalents of commands provided by ["CVS"]

  • ConvertingRepositories from other ["SCM"] formats to Mercurial

  • ["Glossary"] of terms (useful if you're not used to distributed source management)
  • A ["Tag"] is slightly different in Mercurial than in other ["SCM"] systems

Information for contributors

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