Mercurial > hg
changeset 3935:1158d7018052
Move README info to wiki
| author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> |
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| date | Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:17:08 -0600 |
| parents | d0bbd8ee50c7 |
| children | ac02810132ca |
| files | README |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README Tue Dec 19 16:38:14 2006 -0600 +++ b/README Tue Dec 19 17:17:08 2006 -0600 @@ -1,99 +1,10 @@ -MERCURIAL QUICK-START - -Setting up Mercurial: - - Note: some distributions fails to include bits of distutils by - default, you'll need python-dev to install. You'll also need a C - compiler and a 3-way merge tool like merge, tkdiff, or kdiff3. - - First, unpack the source: - - $ tar xvzf mercurial-<ver>.tar.gz - $ cd mercurial-<ver> - - When installing, change python to python2.3 or python2.4 if 2.2 is the - default on your system. - - To install system-wide: - - $ python setup.py install --force - - To install in your home directory (~/bin and ~/lib, actually), run: - - $ python setup.py install --home=${HOME} --force - $ export PYTHONPATH=${HOME}/lib/python # (or lib64/ on some systems) - $ export PATH=${HOME}/bin:$PATH # add these to your .bashrc - - And finally: - - $ hg debuginstall # run some basic tests - $ hg # show help - - If you get complaints about missing modules, you probably haven't set - PYTHONPATH correctly. - -Setting up a Mercurial project: - - $ hg init project # creates project directory - $ cd project - # copy files in, edit them - $ hg add # add all unknown files - $ hg commit # commit all changes, edit changelog entry - - Mercurial will look for a file named .hgignore in the root of your - repository which contains a set of regular expressions to ignore in - file paths. - -Branching and merging: +Basic install: - $ hg clone project project-work # create a new branch - $ cd project-work - $ <make changes> - $ hg commit - $ cd ../project - $ hg pull ../project-work # pull changesets from project-work - $ hg merge # merge the new tip from project-work into - # our working directory - $ hg commit # commit the result of the merge - -Importing patches: - - Simple: - $ patch < ../p/foo.patch - $ hg commit -A - - Fast: - $ cat ../p/patchlist | xargs hg import -p1 -b ../p - -Exporting a patch: - - (make changes) - $ hg commit - $ hg export tip > foo.patch # export latest change + $ make # see install targets + $ make install # do a system-wide install + $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup + $ hg # see help -Network support: - - # pull from the primary Mercurial repo - foo$ hg clone http://selenic.com/hg/ - foo$ cd hg - - # make your current repo available via http://server:8000/ - foo$ hg serve - - # pushing and pulling changes to/from a remote repo with SSH - foo$ hg push ssh://user@example.com/my/repository - foo$ hg pull ssh://user@example.com//home/somebody/his/repository +See http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ for detailed installation +instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information. - # merge changes from a remote machine (e.g. running 'hg serve') - bar$ hg pull http://foo:8000/ - bar$ hg merge # merge changes into your working directory - bar$ hg commit # commit merge in to your local repository - - # Set up a CGI server on your webserver - foo$ cp hgweb.cgi ~/public_html/hg/index.cgi - foo$ emacs ~/public_html/hg/index.cgi # adjust the defaults - -For more info: - - Documentation in doc/ - Mercurial website at http://selenic.com/mercurial