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about: update URLs and prefer https://

The URLs for other version control systems on the 'About' page needed
updating. Although they pretty much all resolve to the right places
via redirection, it wouldn't hurt to have the links go straight to the
source anyway.

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        <h1>Work easier <br> Work faster</h1>
        <h2>Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool. It efficiently handles projects of any size and offers an easy and intuitive interface.</h2>
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        <h3>How you can benefit from Mercurial</h3>
        <ol>
        <!-- The three sections should now grow more compact as you go down, with power and speed the longest and just works only two simple, clean sentences. -->
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                It is <a href="/about">fast and powerful</a>
                <p>Mercurial efficiently handles <a href="/who">projects of any size and kind</a><!--Reference: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/ProjectsUsingMercurial -->. Every clone contains the whole project history, so most actions are local, fast and convenient. Mercurial supports a multitude of <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WorkingPractices">workflows</a> and you can easily enhance its functionality with <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/UsingExtensions">extensions</a>.</p>
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            <li class="i-2">
                It is <a href="/learn">easy to learn</a><!-- point to a site which begins with a random "easy to learn" testimonial and then shows ways to learn Mercurial, from quick start to indepth -->
                <p>You can follow our simple <a href="/guide">guide</a> to learn how to revision your documents with Mercurial, or just use the <a href="/quickstart">quick start</a> to get going instantly. A short overview of Mercurial's decentralized model is also <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/UnderstandingMercurial">available</a>.<!--If you already know Subversion, please see <a href="mercurial_for_svn_users">Mercurial for svn users</a>.--></p>
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                And it just works
                <!--<p><em>Random quote about usability.</em></p>-->
                <p>Mercurial strives to deliver on each of its promises. Most tasks simply work on the first try and without requiring arcane knowledge. <!--(If one doesn't, that's most likely no feature but a <a href="https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/">bug</a>. Please <a href="https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/">tell us about it</a>!)
                commented out because it feels awkward.--></p>
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        <h3>Quick Start</h3>

        <p><em>Clone a project and push changes</em>
<pre class="wrap">$ hg clone https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hello
$ cd hello
$ (edit files)
$ hg add (new files)
$ hg commit -m 'My changes'
$ hg push

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<p><em>Create a project and commit</em>
<pre class="wrap">$ hg init (project-directory)
$ cd (project-directory)
$ (add some files)
$ hg add
$ hg commit -m 'Initial commit'
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