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This is a wiki for the Mercurial ["DistributedSCM"] tool. == Getting Started ==
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== Please contribute! ==
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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].

== New to all this stuff? ==

 * ["Download"] the latest source or check for '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system
 * '''Download BinaryPackages''' for your system or ["Download"] the latest source
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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
 * 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)
 * [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hg.1.html hg(1)], [".hgignore"] and [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html hgrc(5)] manpages and ["TranslatedManPages"]
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 * [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hg.1.html hg(1)], [".hgignore"] and [http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html hgrc(5)] manpages and ["TranslatedManPages"]
 * XemacsAndEmacsUsers - Here is a .hgignore that users of XEmacs and Emacs will love
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 * ["Extensions"] - add optional features like mq, hgk, bisect, etc.
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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"]
 * 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
 * UsingBisect - how to use the bisect extension to find bugs
 * TransplantExtension - cherry-picks patches and rebases branches
 * ExtensionHowto - how to write Mercurial extensions

 See CategoryExtension for a more complete list.

== 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.

== How To ==
 * HgSysTrac - Using hg and trac for Unix system configuration changes management.
 * CvsInfo - info for CVS users
 * ConvertingRepositories from other SCM formats to Mercurial
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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.
== 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].

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

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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.

Getting Started

Using Mercurial

For refugees from other SCMs

Further information

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].

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