README
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:46:58 -0500
branchstable
changeset 16344 fb765286f2f9
parent 12857 a9f91c844a3b
child 16217 df5ecb813426
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tests: avoid zombie lockup with test-hup The 'while kill -0' recipe can cause a livelock if the process we're waiting to die is a normal child process. If it becomes a zombie that the shell doesn't reap (shell bug?), it will continue to be able to accept signals. So instead, we just wait(1).

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install:

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.