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1 Mercurial version 0.7 for Windows |
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4 Welcome to Mercurial for Windows! |
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6 Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from the |
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7 Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a MinGW shell). |
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8 |
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9 By default, Mercurial installs to C:\Mercurial. The Mercurial command |
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10 is called hg.exe. To run this command, the install directory must be |
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11 in your search path. |
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14 Setting your search path temporarily |
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17 To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a command |
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18 prompt window: |
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20 set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH% |
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23 Setting your search path permanently |
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26 To set your search path permanently, perform the following steps. |
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27 These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. |
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29 1. Open the Control Panel. Under Windows XP, select the "Classic |
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30 View". |
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32 2. Enter the "System" control panel. |
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34 3. Click on "Advanced". |
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36 4. Click on "Environment Variables". |
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38 5. Under "System variables", you will see "Path". Double-click it. |
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40 6. Edit "Variable value". Each path element is separated by a |
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41 semicolon (";") character. Append a semicolon to the end of the |
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42 list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial |
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43 (e.g. C:\Mercurial). |
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45 7. Click on the various "OK" buttons until you're back up to the top |
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46 level. |
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48 8. Log out and log back in, or restart your system. |
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50 9. The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be able |
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51 to run hg.exe. |
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53 |
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54 Testing Mercurial |
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55 ----------------- |
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57 The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to |
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58 just type the following at the command prompt: |
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59 |
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60 hg |
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62 It should print a help message. If it does, it should work fine for |
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63 you. |
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66 Reporting problems |
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67 ------------------ |
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69 Before you report any problems, please consult the Mercurial web site |
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70 at http://www.selenic.com/mercurial and see if your question is |
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71 already in our list of Frequently Answered Questions (the "FAQ"). |
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73 If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel free to |
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74 send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <mercurial@selenic.com>. |
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75 Remember, the more useful information you include in your report, the |
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76 easier it will be for us to help you! |
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78 If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get help. Go |
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79 to #mercurial on irc.freenode.net. |
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82 Author and copyright information |
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85 Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall, and is maintained by Matt and a |
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88 The Windows installer was written by Bryan O'Sullivan. |
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90 Copyright 2005 Matt Mackall and others. See the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file |
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93 Mercurial is free software, released under the terms of the GNU |
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94 General Public License, version 2. |