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1 Valid URLs are of the form:: |
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3 local/filesystem/path[#revision] |
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4 file://local/filesystem/path[#revision] |
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5 http://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision] |
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6 https://[user[:pass]@]host[:port]/[path][#revision] |
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9 Paths in the local filesystem can either point to Mercurial |
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10 repositories or to bundle files (as created by :hg:`bundle` or :hg:` |
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11 incoming --bundle`). |
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13 An optional identifier after # indicates a particular branch, tag, or |
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14 changeset to use from the remote repository. See also :hg:`help |
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17 Some features, such as pushing to http:// and https:// URLs are only |
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18 possible if the feature is explicitly enabled on the remote Mercurial |
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19 server. |
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24 Some notes about using SSH with Mercurial: |
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59 When you create a repository with hg clone, the clone command saves |
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