Mercurial

mercurial

(adj) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, swiftness, cleverness) attributed to the god Mercury.

Mercurial

(n) a fast, lightweight [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control Source Control Management system] designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.

Note: The Google [:SummerOfCode:Summer of Code] application deadline is March 31st!

Getting Started

• ["Download"] and build Mercurial from source or use BinaryPackages to install

• Look at MajorFeatures, see WhatsNew and read the UpgradeNotes

• UnderstandingMercurial and ["Tutorial"] for new users

• A QuickStart for the impatient

• [:QuickReferenceCardsAndCheatSheets:Quick Reference Cards] (PDF and PNG) to decorate your desk

Using Mercurial

• The unofficial manual: [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/ Distributed Revision Control with Mercurial] ([http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.html HTML], [http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbook.pdf PDF], [http://hg.serpentine.com/mercurial/book source])

• ManPages, [:FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions], and TipsAndTricks

• ["UsingExtensions"] - add optional features like mq, hgk, etc.

• ["HOWTOs"] explain some useful ways of using Mercurial

• MercurialHosting lists options for public hosting of your repositories

For refugees from other SCMs

• CvsInfo - info for CVS users

• PerforceConcepts - info for Perforce users

• RepositoryConversion from other SCM formats to Mercurial

• [http://betterexplained.com/articles/intro-to-distributed-version-control-illustrated/ Distributed version control illustrated]

Further information

• [:ProjectInformation:Information] about the Mercurial Project

• Commercial [:Support:support] and consulting

• 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].