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| Installing ["Mercurial"] is straightforward. | ''(This page is part 1 of 9 of the [[Tutorial]] series. Next part is [[TutorialClone]])'' Installing Mercurial is straightforward. |
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| Once we're done, we'll come back here. | Once you're done, come back here. |
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| '''Note:''' This tutorial assumes you are running a version of ["Mercurial"] later than 0.6. In other words, if you have the 0.6 release, the tutorial will not work for you. | The Mercurial program is named {{{hg}}}. Every Mercurial command starts with {{{hg}}}, followed by the command name, followed by any relevant options and arguments. |
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| The ["Mercurial"] program is named ''hg''. Every ["Mercurial"] command starts with ''hg'', followed by the command name, followed by any relevant options and arguments. Now we should be able to simply type ''hg'' at the prompt, and the program should display some helpful command summaries: |
Now that Mercurial is installed, we should be able to simply type {{{hg}}} at the prompt, and the program should display some helpful command summaries: |
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| $ hg basic hg commands (use "hg help -v" for more): }}} |
$ hg Mercurial Distributed SCM |
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| ... | commit commit the specified files or all outstanding changes (...) use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details |
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| If this does not happen, there is something wrong with our installation, and we should take a look at InstallTroubleshooting. To determine what version of Mercurial you are running, type: |
To determine what version of Mercurial we are running, let's type: |
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| $ hg version Mercurial version fa3578bfafbf+20050629 |
$ hg version Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.0) Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> and others This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE |
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| By default Mercurial uses a username of the form `user@localhost` for [[Commit|commits]]. This is often meaningless. It's best to configure a proper email address in `~/.hgrc` (or on Windows in `%USERPROFILE%\Mercurial.ini`, MercurialIni) by adding lines such as the following: |
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| Copyright (C) 2005 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE |
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Tutorial - Getting started: installation
(This page is part 1 of 9 of the Tutorial series. Next part is TutorialClone)
Installing Mercurial is straightforward.
For Linux, MacOS X, and other Unix variants, follow the UnixInstall directions.
On Windows, follow the WindowsInstall instructions.
Once you're done, come back here.
The Mercurial program is named hg. Every Mercurial command starts with hg, followed by the command name, followed by any relevant options and arguments.
Now that Mercurial is installed, we should be able to simply type hg at the prompt, and the program should display some helpful command summaries:
$ hg Mercurial Distributed SCM basic commands: add add the specified files on the next commit annotate show changeset information per file line clone make a copy of an existing repository commit commit the specified files or all outstanding changes (...) use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details
To determine what version of Mercurial we are running, let's type:
$ hg version Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.0) Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> and others This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
By default Mercurial uses a username of the form user@localhost for commits. This is often meaningless. It's best to configure a proper email address in ~/.hgrc (or on Windows in %USERPROFILE%\Mercurial.ini, MercurialIni) by adding lines such as the following:
[ui] username = John Doe <john@example.com>
If all has gone well, let's continue on to TutorialClone.