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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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== New to all this stuff? == == Getting Started ==
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 * ["Download"] the latest source or check for '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system
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 * UnixInstall describes how to install Mercurial under Linux, Mac``OS X, and Unix variants
 * WindowsInstall describes how to install Mercurial under Windows		  * '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system or ["Download"] the latest source
 * UnixInstall and WindowsInstall for installing from source
 * A QuickStart for the impatient
 * ["Tutorial"] for new users (["FrenchTutorial"], ["SpanishTutorial"] , ["JapaneseTutorial"] and ["ChineseTutorial"] available)
 * [http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/ Mercurial bug tracker]
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 * A QuickStart for the impatient
 * A QuickStart2 for graduates of the above - read before your first commit!
 * ["Tutorial"] for new users (["FrenchTutorial"], ["SpanishTutorial"] , ["JapaneseTutorial"] and ["ChineseTutorial"] available)
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 * XemacsAndEmacsUsers - Here is a .hgignore that users of XEmacs and Emacs will love
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== For refugees from CVS and other systems == == For refugees from other SCMs ==
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 * CvsConcepts - translations of ["CVS"] concepts into Mercurial terms
 * CvsCommands - equivalents of commands provided by ["CVS"]		  * CvsInfo - info for CVS users
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 * ["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
 * 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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== 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.
 * NewIdeas - Suggestions for features/extensions that would make someone happy
 * Mercurial UserSurvey.
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 * [http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/ Mercurial bug tracker]  * DeveloperInfo for Mercurial hackers
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 * Ideas for Google's SummerOfCode2006.

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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].

Getting Started

Using Mercurial

For refugees from other SCMs

Extensions

How To

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

Further information

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