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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

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

This is a wiki for the ["Mercurial"] ["DistributedSCM"] tool.
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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. 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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 * 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		  * 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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== For CVS refugees == == 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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 * CvsConcepts - translations of [CVS] concepts into Mercurial terms
 * CvsCommands - equivalents of commands provided by [CVS]
 * How to handle MultipleCommitters		 == For refugees from CVS and other systems ==
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== More information ==

 * [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.		  * 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		  * 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
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 * WireProtocol
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 * [http://www.kwiki.org/?KwikiFormattingRules KwikiFormattingRules]  * 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?

  • Check out the MajorFeatures

  • ["Download"] the latest source or check for BinaryPackages for your system

  • UnixInstall describes how to install ["Mercurial"] under Linux, MacOS X, and Unix variants

  • WindowsInstall describes how to install ["Mercurial"] under Windows

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

Mercurial (last edited 2024-08-26 23:53:13 by PaulBissex)