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== Please contribute! == == Getting Started ==
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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? ==

 * ["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		  * UnderstandingMercurial and ["Tutorial"] for new users
 * A QuickStart for the impatient
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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)
 * [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions] - FAQ
 * TipsAndTricks
 * [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
 * 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
 * NamedBranches gives an introduction to this recent feature		  * ManPages, [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions], and TipsAndTricks
 * [http://www.red-bean.com/~bos/hgbook.pdf Distributed Revision Control with Mercurial] - an unofficial manual
 * ["UsingExtensions"] - add optional features like mq, hgk, bisect, etc.
 * ["HOWTOs"] explain some useful ways of using Mercurial
 * [http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/ Bug Tracker] and MailingLists
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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
 * RepositoryConversion from other SCM formats to Mercurial
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 * MailingLists:

   general list:
   [http://www.selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial/ subscriptions],
   [http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/ archives],
   and [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mercurial&w=2 archive search]

   developers list:
   [http://www.selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel/ subscriptions],
   [http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial-devel/ archives]

 * [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

  • DeveloperInfo for Mercurial hackers

  • IRC channel: #mercurial on irc.freenode.net

  • OtherTools that work with Mercurial

  • A list of ["ProjectsUsingMercurial"] and links to their repositories.

  • A list of ["Presentations"] and other related events.

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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