Questions tagged [mercurial]
Mercurial is a fast, open-source, distributed version control system.
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Can you remove a file from Mercurial without removing it from the filesystem like Git?
I've got some files in a repo that I don't want tracked, is it possible to remove them without removing the actual files from the filesystem?
This would be equivalent to git's rm --cached.
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How to handle files that don't need version control in mercurial
I am new to mercurial, and for the most part do LaTeX reports and statistical calculations in R using .csv and/or .sqlite files. Re LaTeX, all I really care is the .tex file. Re R, I don't need ...
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How to get mercurial to ignore patterns from .hgignore correctly?
I have the following .hgignore:
\.pyc$
yet in my hg st .pyc files still appear as modified and get committed with hg ci.
I've also tried this .hgignore:
syntax: glob
*.pyc
But with the same ...
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Branch names not showing in Mercurial's tab completion
I have a development machine running mercurial 1.6.3. Tab completion in bash works great for completing commands, tags and branch names. I've set up a new machine with the same mercurial version (both ...
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Installed Mercurial usin PPA repositroy, where can I get hgweb.cgi?
Ubuntu 10.10
Mercurial installed a la:
http://icephoenix.us/linuxunix/installing-mercurial-1-5-or-1-6-on-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-10-04/
Is the hgweb.cgi script only in the source package or is it provided ...
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TortoiseHg; How to Connect to Server?
I'm starting a project with another partner of mine and have therefore resorted to using the Student Package from Kiln as a repository. I would like to get the bloody thing to work.
I've looked at ...
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svn/git/mercurial mirror
I'm looking for a simple solution to mirror different repository to a single svn server.
My problem is the following:
I have many dependencies in my projects, some are hosted on Google code, some in ...
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Mercurial: How I can use external tool for diff?
I want to use kdiff3 as a tool for comparing different versions of a repository.
Is there a way how one can do it?
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Not able to install latest mercurial release on fedora
I am trying to install latest mercurial on fedora by doing sudo yum install mercurial .
But doing so I am getting mercurial 1.1 that is not latest release .Current mercurial release is 1.6+ .
Any ...
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Bash command not found (trying to integrate Beyond Compare with Mercurial and using it within Cygwin)
I'm trying to integrate beyond compare with mercurial and I've copy & pasted the necessary lines from the Using Beyond Compare with Version Control Systems page for mercurial into my .hgrc file ...
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How can I disable color highlighting and marks of versioning in NetBeans?
How can I disable color highlighting and marks of versioning in NetBeans? (in my case, mercurial)
PS: Now that I see, highlighting is on html tag attribute values, and doesn't respond to versioning, ...
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Git equivalent to hg update
I've used Mercurial for some time now, and am used to its workflow. Suddenly, I need to work with a Git repository, and I cannot make the install work from the head revision. In Mercurial I would ...
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Colors in cygwin being displayed as raw ANSI codes
When running command-line Mercurial with the color extension on, the colors appear as expected in the Windows command prompt (cmd.exe). However, in cygwin the colors are appearing as the underlying ...
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Pulling from a Mercurial repository over ssh with non-default ports
I'm trying to pull changes from a server which has sshd on port 2345 and an hg server listening locally on port 5432. I already have certifcate-based authentication for ssh, so there no need for a ...
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What to do next with Mercurial after I install it in my PC?
I have downloaded and installed Mercurial in my PC.
However, I don't know what to do next. I thought it's like other programs; that after installing it'll just appear and then you can already use it. ...
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Mercurial What is Wrong with this command?
Y:\>hg -R Y:/mercFlow.cache/vm-linux rename Migration-2010/create_directory_stru
cture.pl Migration-2010/create_directory_structure.pl2
abort: Migration-2010/create_directory_structure.pl not under ...
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Auto-updating BASH prompts with Mercurial repository info
I have followed the directions outlined by Steve Losh to colorize and format my bash prompt, however, the prompt doesn't update.
My export PS1 line looks like this:
export PS1="\n\[$txtgrn\]\w\[$...
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How do I clone a repository when I'm behind a proxy?
There's an option http_proxy which should allow access through proxy, but it's not clear whether this should be in the command line, .hgrc or some global variable.
I tried it in the command line:
hg ...
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Mac OS X 10.6: run particular command line at terminal start up
I use mercurial and I need to run the command line below each time I open Terminal.
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
Is there any way to add this command line to Terminal start-up? So I don't have ...
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Mercurial [auth] section
I'm new to mercurial, and I'm trying to set up hgrc in such a way that I can push to the Google Code repository without having to type the password each time. I could just specify a https://user:pass@...
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Mercurial says hgrc is untrusted in Emacs, but works fine from the command line
I've got some Mercurial checkouts in a directory that was mounted by root. Mercurial is usually suspicious of files that aren't mine, but I'm the only user here, so I put:
[trusted]
users = root
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Mercurial 1.5.4 Can't Find osutil Module Using Ubuntu 10.04
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and I just installed Mercurial 1.5.4 from source (see this question for some installation trouble that I had). Now, however, when I invoke:
hg
I get the following:
File "/...
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Installing Mercurial 1.5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04
I've downloaded the source and tried to install via the README instructions:
sudo make install
but I get the following errors:
python setup.py build
running build
running build_mo
warning: ...
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Why is the glog command gone for mercurial at ubuntu?
I am using ubuntu 9.10 and installed mercurial (hg) via apt-get. If I now call
hg glog
it says: unknown command 'glog'. I am using version 1.3.1 of hg.
How can I fix this?
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Configure Mercurial for SSH on alternate port and specific key with a passphrase?
I'm trying to configure mercurial for use on a remote machine that has sshd running on an alternate port, and for which my login requires a particular key, which uses a passphrase.
ssh is configured ...
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Convert svn repository to hg - authentication fails
I'm trying to convert an existing svn repository to a mercurial repo with the following command
hg convert <repository> <folder>
My problem is that the svn repository's authentication ...
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hg clone has stopped working on my Vista box
I have a Windows Vista machine that has been connecting to http://hg.netbeans.org productively for awhile... until recently.
Lately, when I attempt to pull or clone, the update appears to stall...
I ...
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Removing a file from TortoiseHg
I'm having problems removing a file from TortoiseHg.
I make the clone, and there are a few test files which I want out. What is the procedure for removing a file from the repository?
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hg add -X not working
I'd like to hg add excluding files that begin with ._, or even better exclude all hidden files.
It's not working, it's just completely ignoring my -X option.
I tried the following:
hg add -n -X '._*...
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Interrupted system call during "hg convert"
When I run "hg convert" to convert a Subversion repository to Mercurial, I get this error:
fetching revision log for "/trunk" from 1538 to 0
run hg sink post-conversion action
Traceback (most recent ...
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Converting Mercurial Repository To Sub Version (SVN)
This may seem like a very strange situation.
Initially we were using subversion (SVN) for version control...
then we moved to mercurial and used a tool to convert our previous commits to a mercurial ...
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Mercurial mirror: abort: No such file or directory: http://[...]/00manifest.i
I am trying to setup a daily mirror of a mercurial repository - code.python.org in particular - within our local network, and serve that via Apache HTTPD.
On the remote host that hosts apache, I did ...
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Problem running mercurial against symlinked .hgrc file under Cygwin/Windows 7
This is not a question about handling symlinks in the mercurial repository.
I have this setup at work where I keep my dotfiles in a separate directory (.configuration) that I can use to synch my ...
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Can I recover a rm -rf-ed Mercurial repository?
I made the mistake of wiping out my entire project directory with a quick "rm -rf project".
Of course, the .hg directory went with it. I had about 15-20 changesets, that I have not pushed to anyone, ...
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Textmate unable to find Mercurial hg
When I attempt to run Mercurial diff from within Textmate, I get an error "Couldn't find hg."
hg works from the command line and is in my path.
Any suggestions?
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Tortoise HG "Out of Memory" While Trying to Clone Repo
While trying to clone a ~500 MB repository onto my local drive using mercurial, I repeatedly get the "Out of Memory" error. I have 2 GB of memory and I have never seen this. I installed the latest ...
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Pushing only certain changes to all branches in Mercurial
I have a mercurial repository with numerous branches for stable, development, experimental features etc. However, I've found a bug in a set of core application files that are common to each branch.
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Trouble installing Mercurial 1.5 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (without using MacPorts)
I'm having trouble installing Mercurial 1.5 (build 20100307) from the prebuilt installer on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (2006 Core Duo MacBook Pro). The machine has never had the mac developer tools installed.
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Mercurial. Colour output piped to less
Operating system: Mac OS 10.6.2
I'd like to be able to see colour output when piping certain commands through less.
Two examples:
I've got ls aliased to ls --color=auto, so I'd like to be able to ...
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What's a good text editor with Mercurial support? [closed]
I'm looking for a decent Windows editor with solid Mercurial support. I've had some trouble with Notepad++ (the Windows Explorer plugin was constantly crashing). What are some alternatives?
I'm not ...
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Merge only a one remote branch into a local branch with Mercurial
I wan to manage some profiles as XML files in Mercurial repos.
The setup I'm thinking of:
Each user has a repo with a branch where he manages his own profile, and a number of branches where he can ...
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Can't install Mercurial on Mac OS X 10.5.8
When selecting the volume in the installation program it says "You cannot install Merucrial on this volume. Mercurial requires Apple Python 2.6". I tried installing the latest version of Python from ...
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Using TortoiseHg's Repository explorer
I'm coming from a TortoiseSVN background and decided to give TortoiseHg a try. One thing I got really used to with TortoiseSVN was the SVN Repo-Explorer, which worked quite similarly to Windows ...
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bitbucket on my own server
I want to have something like bitbucket.org or github (but for mercurial!) on my VDS. I don't need full functionality, but I need it being able to serve repositories, accept changes (with auth!) and ...
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Installing Mercurial on Mac OS X 10.6
I'm trying to install Mercurial on Mac OSX 10.6, but I'm having problems:
I have Mac OS X 10.6, so I downloaded Mercurial 1.4.3 for OS X 10.6 from http://mercurial.berkwood.com/
I install the ...
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MediaWiki and Mercurial (Hg) Integration
Context:
Our availability requirements are pretty loose. If our Virtual Private Server goes off-line, I need to be able to replace it within a few days.
That's no problem because the data and logs ...
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Netbeans - Subversion and Mercurial in one project
i have php project which is versioned under svn. Now i started to do local versioning throught hg. The subversion, for collaboration with team, remains. After restart netbeans working with the project ...
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How do I remove outgoing changesets in Mercurial (hg)
when I run hg out I have 3 outgoing changesets. I want to trash them and revert to how things are in the central repository. How?
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How to add an empty folder in a Mercurial project?
In my project, I am using Mercurial and a folder in when the user can upload file.
But since the user will upload files, the folder is empty.
I don't know how I can add this folder to my project ...
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How do I prevent a "No supported authentication methods available" error when using TortoiseHg?
I'm trying out Mercurial for the first time but am having problems doing a push/pull/clone with a remote server (in this case it's codebasehq.com) when using TortoiseHg.
Here are some steps to ...