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Re: cvs --> hg

 

Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

       Amazing. I just downloaded mercurial yesterday and started
experimenting. Have you been intercepting my dreams again? I like
that its a pure Python implementation and the design seems right,
however it is missing some features. Hopefully development is rapid.

        Matt

> I forgot to tell you how to install Mercurial. For all lucky Debian or
> Ubuntu users, just
>
>     apt-get install mercurial
>
> and you should be ready to go.
>
> Otherwise, check
>
>     http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/BinaryPackages
>
> or
>
>     http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Download
>
> /Anders
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:27:44PM -0600, Anders Logg wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I've just started to experiment with moving FFC from CVS to Mercurial,
>> also known as hg.
>> 
>> If the experiment goes well, we might consider Mercurial for our other
>> repositories as well.
>> 
>> If you want to try it out, here are a few starting points:
>> 
>>  - Getting a copy of the latest hg repository for FFC:
>> 
>>    hg clone http://www.fenics.org/hg/ffc
>> 
>>  - Browsing the hg repository online:
>> 
>>    http://www.fenics.org/hg/
>> 
>>  - CVS counterparts:
>> 
>>    hg add file
>>    hg remove file
>>    hg commit        (only commits to your local repository)
>>    hg update -m
>> 
>> Note that all trees (repositories) are equal with hg. When you clone a
>> tree, you get a full copy of it, not just the latest version like with
>> a cvs checkout. Everyone can keep their own tree or trees and there is
>> nothing special about the tree on fenics.org, other than that it is
>> the one we consider to be official.
>> 
>> As of now, I'm the only one allowed to push to the official FFC tree.
>> Everyone else email me a changeset or ask me to pull the changes
>> from your tree.
>> 
>> More about Mercurial is available at
>> 
>>     http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/
>>     http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/QuickStart
>> 
>> /Anders
>> 
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>
> -- 
> Anders Logg
> Research Assistant Professor
> Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
> http://www.tti-c.org/logg/
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