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17 <h1>Mercurial for Windows</h1> 17 <h1>Mercurial for Windows</h1>
18 18
19 <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p> 19 <p>Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!</p>
20 20
21 <p>Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from 21 <p>
22 Mercurial is a command-line application. You must run it from
22 the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a 23 the Windows command prompt (or if you're hard core, a <a
23 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).</p> 24 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> shell).
25 </p>
24 26
25 <p class="indented"><i>Note: the standard <a 27 <p class="indented">
26 href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a> msys startup script uses 28 <i>Note: the standard <a href="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</a>
27 rxvt which has problems setting up standard input and output. 29 msys startup script uses rxvt which has problems setting up
28 Running bash directly works correctly.</i></p> 30 standard input and output. Running bash directly works
31 correctly.</i>
32 </p>
29 33
30 <p>For documentation, please visit the <a 34 <p>
35 For documentation, please visit the <a
31 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>. 36 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>.
32 You can also download a free book, <a 37 You can also download a free book, <a
33 href="http://hgbook.red-bean.com/">Distributed revision control 38 href="http://hgbook.red-bean.com/">Distributed revision control
34 with Mercurial</a>.</p> 39 with Mercurial</a>.
40 </p>
35 41
36 <p>By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Program Files\Mercurial</tt>. The 42 <p>
37 Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p> 43 By default, Mercurial installs to <tt>C:\Program
44 Files\Mercurial</tt>. The Mercurial command is called
45 <tt>hg.exe</tt>.
46 </p>
38 47
39 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1> 48 <h1>Testing Mercurial after you've installed it</h1>
40 49
41 <p>The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is to 50 <p>
42 just type the following at the command prompt:</p> 51 The easiest way to check that Mercurial is installed properly is
52 to just type the following at the command prompt:
53 </p>
43 54
44 <pre> 55 <pre>
45 hg 56 hg
46 </pre> 57 </pre>
47 58
48 <p>This command should print a useful help message. If it does, 59 <p>
49 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.</p> 60 This command should print a useful help message. If it does,
61 other Mercurial commands should work fine for you.
62 </p>
50 63
51 <h1>Configuration notes</h1> 64 <h1>Configuration notes</h1>
52 <h4>Default editor</h4> 65 <h4>Default editor</h4>
53 <p>The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set the EDITOR 66 <p>
54 (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your preference or set it in 67 The default editor for commit messages is 'notepad'. You can set
55 mercurial.ini:</p> 68 the EDITOR (or HGEDITOR) environment variable to specify your
69 preference or set it in mercurial.ini:
70 </p>
56 <pre> 71 <pre>
57 [ui] 72 [ui]
58 editor = whatever 73 editor = whatever
59 </pre> 74 </pre>
60 75
61 <h4>Configuring a Merge program</h4> 76 <h4>Configuring a Merge program</h4>
62 <p>It should be emphasized that Mercurial by itself doesn't attempt to do a 77 <p>
63 Merge at the file level, neither does it make any attempt to Resolve the conflicts.</p> 78 It should be emphasized that Mercurial by itself doesn't attempt
79 to do a Merge at the file level, neither does it make any
80 attempt to Resolve the conflicts.
81 </p>
64 82
65 <p>By default, Mercurial will use the merge program defined by the HGMERGE environment 83 <p>
66 variable, or uses the one defined in the mercurial.ini file. (see <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergeProgram">MergeProgram</a> on the Mercurial Wiki for more information)</p> 84 By default, Mercurial will use the merge program defined by the
85 HGMERGE environment variable, or uses the one defined in the
86 mercurial.ini file. (see <a
87 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergeProgram">MergeProgram</a>
88 on the Mercurial Wiki for more information)
89 </p>
67 90
68 <h1>Reporting problems</h1> 91 <h1>Reporting problems</h1>
69 92
70 <p>Before you report any problems, please consult the <a 93 <p>
71 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a> and 94 Before you report any problems, please consult the <a
72 see if your question is already in our list of <a 95 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial web site</a>
73 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently 96 and see if your question is already in our list of <a
74 Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").</p> 97 href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ">Frequently
98 Answered Questions</a> (the "FAQ").
99 </p>
75 100
76 <p>If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel 101 <p>
77 free to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a 102 If you cannot find an answer to your question, please feel free
78 href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>. 103 to send mail to the Mercurial mailing list, at <a
104 href="mailto:mercurial@selenic.com">mercurial@selenic.com</a>.
79 <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your 105 <b>Remember</b>, the more useful information you include in your
80 report, the easier it will be for us to help you!</p> 106 report, the easier it will be for us to help you!
107 </p>
81 108
82 <p>If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get 109 <p>
83 help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on 110 If you are IRC-savvy, that's usually the fastest way to get
84 <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.</p> 111 help. Go to <tt>#mercurial</tt> on <tt>irc.freenode.net</tt>.
112 </p>
85 113
86 <h1>Author and copyright information</h1> 114 <h1>Author and copyright information</h1>
87 115
88 <p>Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt 116 <p>
89 Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of 117 Mercurial was written by <a href="http://www.selenic.com">Matt
90 volunteers.</p> 118 Mackall</a>, and is maintained by Matt and a team of volunteers.
119 </p>
91 120
92 <p>The Windows installer was written by <a 121 <p>
93 href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan 122 The Windows installer was written by <a
94 O'Sullivan</a>.</p> 123 href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog">Bryan O'Sullivan</a>.
124 </p>
95 125
96 <p>Mercurial is Copyright 2005-2009 Matt Mackall and others. 126 <p>
97 See the <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.</p> 127 Mercurial is Copyright 2005-2009 Matt Mackall and others. See
128 the <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.
129 </p>
98 130
99 <p>Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 131 <p>
132 Mercurial is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
100 modify it under the terms of the <a 133 modify it under the terms of the <a
101 href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt">GNU 134 href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt">GNU
102 General Public License version 2</a> as published by the Free 135 General Public License version 2</a> as published by the Free
103 Software Foundation.</p> 136 Software Foundation.
137 </p>
104 138
105 <p>Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 139 <p>
106 but <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied 140 Mercurial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
107 warranty of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a 141 <b>without any warranty</b>; without even the implied warranty
108 particular purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for 142 of <b>merchantability</b> or <b>fitness for a particular
109 more details.</p> 143 purpose</b>. See the GNU General Public License for more
144 details.
145 </p>
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