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= Quick Start =

*This site should get you going at once.*

== Part 0: Instant usage ==

*(you know this from the main page)*

This also helps getting a feeling for what the commands do. 

(you can also do a lot of finegrained stuff by using different command options. Just call "hg help <command>" to see them). 

I you want more than this quick overview, please have a look at our longer [practical guide]({% url workflow_guide %}). 

== Part 2: Understanding Mercurial from Subversion ==

Now we'll look at some of the basic concepts of Mercurial to get a better understanding of its internals: 

* Like in Subversion, history consists of a number of commits. They're
  called changesets in Mercurial.

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= Quick Start =

*This site should get you going at once. You can find a slightly longer quick_start [in the wiki](http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/QuickStart)*

== Part 0: Instant usage ==

*(you know this from the main page)*

This also helps getting a feeling for what the commands do. 

(you can also do a lot of finegrained stuff by using different command options. Just call "hg help <command>" to see them). 

One step you'll likely want to do is setting your username in your Mercurial config file. 

For this you can configure a proper name and email address in ~/.hgrc (or on a Windows system in %USERPROFILE%\Mercurial.ini) by adding lines such as the following: 

    [ui]
    username = John Doe <[e-mail]>

I you want more than this quick overview, please have a look at our longer [practical guide]({% url workflow_guide %}). 

== Part 2: Understanding Mercurial ==

Now we'll look at some of the basic concepts of Mercurial to get a better understanding of its internals: 

* Like in Subversion, history consists of a number of commits. They're
  called changesets in Mercurial.