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''Hg'': the chemical symbol for mercury, from the Greek hydrargyrum.
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''mercurial'': relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury '''Mercurial''' is a fast, easy to use, distributed [[WikiPedia:Revision_control|revision control tool]] for software developers.
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''Mercurial'': "a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects". ([http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/mercurial ref]) Mercurial is developed using Python and open source licensed. ||'''Tip:''' <<RandomQuote(MercurialTips)>> ||
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This is a wiki for the Mercurial ["DistributedSCM"] tool.
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== Please contribute! == ## Please think twice before adding items here, the first page should stay compact!
== Getting started ==
 * [[Download]] and install Mercurial
 * See [[WhatsNew|what's new]] and read the [[UpgradeNotes|upgrade notes]]
 * [[BeginnersGuides|Beginner's guides]] for new users
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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 "Login" link up in the top right corner of this page and follow the instructions from there. == Documentation and help ==
 * ''[[https://book.mercurial-scm.org/|Mercurial: The Definitive Guide]]'', the Mercurial book
 * ManPages, [[FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]], and [[TipsAndTricks|tips and tricks]]
 * [[UsingExtensions|Using extensions]] to add optional features like [[PurgeExtension|purge]] or [[RebaseExtension|rebase]]
 * [[HowTos]] explaining some useful ways of using Mercurial
 * Hints for [[PublishingRepositories|publishing repositories]]
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== New to all this stuff? == == Getting support ==
 * Get expert help via [[IRC]] or our [[MailingLists|mailing lists]]
 * Report issues to our [[BugTracker|bug tracker]]
 * Commercial [[Support|support]], training and consulting
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 * Check out the MajorFeatures
 * See WhatsNew and read the UpgradeNotes
 * ["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
== Further information ==
 * [[Migration]] from other SCMs
 * A list of [[ProjectsUsingMercurial|projects using Mercurial]]
 * [[OtherTools|Other tools]] that work with Mercurial (IDE integration, GUI clients, etc.)
 * [[MercurialHosting|Hosting]] services for your projects
 * [[Presentations]] and papers about Mercurial
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== Using Mercurial ==
 * A QuickStart for the impatient
 * ["Tutorial"] for new users (["FrenchTutorial"], ["SpanishTutorial"] and ["JapaneseTutorial"] available)
 * [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions]
 * TipsAndTricks
 * [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
== Get involved! ==
 * [[ContributingToMercurialWiki|How to edit this wiki]]
 * [[DeveloperInfo|Developer info]] for Mercurial hackers
 * Send us [[https://www.mercurial-scm.org/donate|a donation]]!
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== For refugees from CVS and other systems == Other Languages: [[FrenchMercurial|Français]], [[JapaneseMercurial|日本語]], [[RussianMercurial|Русский]], [[ThaiMercurial|ภาษาไทย]], [[CzechMercurial|Česky]], [[ChineseMercurial|中文]], [[PortugueseMercurial|Português (Portugal)]],
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 * 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

== Extensions ==
 * UsingHgk - how to use the GUI repository browser
 * MqExtension - Mercurial Patch Queues
 * ExtensionHowto - how to write Mercurial extensions

== Information for contributors ==

 * 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
 * ["Theming"] - how to create new styles for Mercurial's web interface
 * WritingTests - how to add tests to the test suite
 * DeveloperRepos - where to find various public repositories of Mercurial work
 * The RoadMap and the InternationalizationPlan
 * NewFeatureDiscussions - A page of links to discussions about new features.

== Links ==

 * MailingList
 * [http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/ Mercurial bug tracker]
 * IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net
 * OtherTools that work with Mercurial
 * A list of ["ProjectsUsingMercurial"] and links to their repositories.
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Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool for software developers.

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Use 'hg archive -R myrepo -r 1.0 myrepo-1.0.zip' to build a zip file of your release.

Getting started

Documentation and help

Getting support

Further information

Get involved!

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