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author | Arne Babenhauserheide <bab@draketo.de> |
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date | Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:31:30 +0100 |
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Main page ========= Mercurial is... --------------- Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It offers you the power to efficiently handle projects of any size yet provides an easy, intuitive interface. Every Mercurial clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and revision tracking capabilities. It is independent of network access or a central server. Committing, branching and merging are fast and cheap. Mercurial is used for version control of files, much like tools such as [Git](http://git-scm.org), [Bazaar](http://bazaar-vcs.org), [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) and [CVS](http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/). It is written in Python and available on many different platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD and OpenSolaris. Projects using Mercurial ------------------------ * [Mercurial](http://selenic.com/repo/hg) * [Mozilla](http://hg.mozilla.org/) * [Cython](http://hg.cython.org/) * [MoinMoin](http://hg.moinmo.in/) * [OpenJDK](http://hg.openjdk.java.net/) * [NetBeans](http://hg.netbeans.org/) * [Open Solaris](http://hg.genunix.org/) [and many more](http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/ProjectsUsingMercurial) How you can benefit from using Mercurial ---------------------------------------- ### Power and speed Mercurial offers you the power and speed to efficiently handle projects of any size and kind. You can use a multitude of [workflows]() and enhance its functionality with [extensions](). ### Ease of use Mercurials consistent and intuitive interface makes it easy to learn and understand. You can simply start with the [bare basics]() and learn incrementally or print a copy of the [hgbook]() to understand the big picture in one go. ### Integrated webserver With the "serve" command, Mercurial offers you an integrated webserver as the fastest way to show and share your work. ### Just works Mercurial strives to deliver on each of its promises. If it looks like you could use it for a specific task, chances are that it will just work on the first try. (if it doesn't, that's most likely no feature but a [bug](http://selenic.com/mercurial/bugs/)) [bare basics]: Quick_Start - Learn to use Mercurial in 30 seconds (or similar). Get Mercurial ------------- If you're using Windows, download TortoiseHG for full Explorer integration. ![TortoiseHG Logo]() GNU/Linux: Just [get it from your package manager](link to a simple guide for the different distros). MacOSX: Download (app). -> A "news" link should be alongside the version. This makes the site itneresting to returning visitors. Mercurial Quick Start --------------------- Clone a project and create a patch $ hg clone http://bitbucket.org/ArneBab/hello_world $ cd hello_world $ (edit files) $ hg add (new files) $ hg commit -m 'My changes' $ hg export > patch.diff Create a project and commit $ hg init (project-directory) $ (add some files) $ hg add $ hg commit -m 'Initial commit' -> [Workflows]() (maybe instead of "Take a look"; it would be great to be able to detect the OS of the visitor and show Windows users TortoiseHG while showing MacOSX and GNU/Linux users the Quick Start) Footer ------