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Minor help edit
author | Chris Cannam |
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date | Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:46:33 +0100 |
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Chris@496 | 1 {Making changes} |
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Chris@496 | 3 I've added a new file: what do I do with it? |
Chris@496 | 4 |
Chris@496 | 5 When you add a new file in the working folder, you normally want to |
Chris@496 | 6 ensure that Mercurial keeps track of changes to that file -- and that |
Chris@496 | 7 the file is included in all copies of the repository. To do this, you |
Chris@496 | 8 need to tell Mercurial to _track_ the file by adding it to version |
Chris@496 | 9 control. |
Chris@496 | 10 |
Chris@496 | 11 EasyMercurial shows files that have been created but not added in the |
Chris@497 | 12 *"Untracked"* file list under "My work". (If your file is not listed |
Chris@496 | 13 there, try clicking the Refresh button.) |
Chris@496 | 14 |
Chris@496 | 15 *1. Find the file you want to add in the Untracked list and select it* |
Chris@496 | 16 |
Chris@496 | 17 *2. Click Add in the toolbar on the left of the window* |
Chris@496 | 18 |
Chris@496 | 19 The file will be moved to the *"Added"* list. This tells Mercurial to |
Chris@496 | 20 track the file. The next time you commit, the contents of your new |
Chris@496 | 21 file will be recorded as part of that change set. |
Chris@496 | 22 |
Chris@496 | 23 * Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is *hg add* |
Chris@496 | 24 |
Chris@496 | 25 Of course, you don't always want to track every file in your working |
Chris@496 | 26 copy. Object files generated by a compiler, output files from tests, |
Chris@496 | 27 etc should often not be included in version control. You can ensure |
Chris@496 | 28 that such files don't show up in the Untracked list by right-clicking |
Chris@496 | 29 on them and choosing *"Ignore..."*. |
Chris@496 | 30 |