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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 (we were hit by too many spammers and kiddies when this wiki was anonymously editable). To do this, click on the "Login" link up in the top right corner of this page and follow the instructions from there. Mercurial itself and all wiki content are available under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL]. 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].
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 * Check out the MajorFeatures  * ["Download"] the latest source or check for '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system
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 * ["Download"] the latest source or check for '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system
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== Mercurial user survey ==

BryanOSullivan has published the results of the first Mercurial UserSurvey.
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 * hg and other SCM commands comparison
   * In hg book, 5.1 example from putting file "a" under source code control.
 || Actions || hg || RCS ||
 || init || hg init add-example || mkdir add-example;cd add-example;mkdir RCS ||
 || add file "a" || hg add a || ci -u a ||
 || commit file "a" || hg commit -m 'Added one file' || ci -u a ||
 || check out file "a" || ??? || co -l a ||
 || find out the status || hg status a ???|| rlog a ||
 || stop file "a" tacking || hg remove a || rm RCS/a,v ||
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 * Mercurial UserSurvey.

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Include(Mercurial/NewsItems)

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.

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].

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

Extensions

Information for contributors

How To

  • HgSysTrac - Using hg and trac for Unix system configuration changes management.

Further information

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