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Update version strings and add release notes to Windows specific files
author lcantey@gmail.com
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1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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2 <html>
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3 <head>
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4 <title>Mercurial for Windows</title>
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5 </head>
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7 <body>
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8 <h1>Mercurial version 0.8 for Windows</h1>
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10 <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p>
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12 <p>Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from
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13 the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a
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14 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p>
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16 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a
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17 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web
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18 site</a>.</p>
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20 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>. The
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21 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>. To run this
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22 command, the install directory must be in your search path.</p>
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24 <h2>Setting your search path temporarily</h2>
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26 <p>To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a
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27 command prompt window:</p>
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29 <pre>
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30 set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH%
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31 </pre>
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33 <h2>Setting your search path permanently</h2>
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35 <p>To set your search path permanently, perform the following
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36 steps. These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.</p>
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38 <ol>
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39 <li>Open the Control Panel. Under Windows XP, select the
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40 "Classic View".</li>
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42 <li>Double-click on the "System" control panel.</li>
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44 <li>Click on the "Advanced" tab.</li>
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46 <li>Click on "Environment Variables". You'll find this near the
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47 bottom of the window.</li>
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49 <li>Under "System variables", you will see "Path". Double-click
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52 <li>Edit "Variable value". Each path element is separated by a
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53 semicolon (";") character. Append a semicolon to the end of the
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54 list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial
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55 (e.g. <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>).</li>
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57 <li>Click on the various "OK" buttons until you've completely
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58 exited from the System control panel.</li>
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60 <li>Log out and log back in, or restart your system.</li>
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62 <li>The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be
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63 able to run the <tt>hg</tt> command without any special
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64 help.</li>
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65 </ol>
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67 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>
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69 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to
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70 just type the following at the command prompt:</p>
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72 <pre>
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73 hg
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74 </pre>
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76 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
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77 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p>
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79 <h1>Reporting problems</h1>
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81 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
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82 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and
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83 see if your question is already in our list of <a
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84 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently
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85 Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").
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87 <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel
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88 free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a
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89 href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>.
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90 <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your
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91 report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p>
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93 <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
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94 help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on
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95 <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p>
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97 <h1>Author and copyright information</h1>
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99 <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt
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100 Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of
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101 volunteers.</p>
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104 href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan
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105 O'Sullivan</a>.</p>
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107 <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005 Matt Mackall and others. See the
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108 <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p>
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110 <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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111 modify it under the terms of the <a
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112 href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public
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113 License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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114 version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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115 version.</p>
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117 <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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118 but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied
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119 warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a
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120 particular purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for
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121 more details.</p>
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123 </html>