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4 <h2>I want to start a new project using version control</h2>
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6 <p>You can initialise a repository in an empty folder, in order to start
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7 using version control for a new project:</p>
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9 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p>
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11 <p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p>
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13 <p><b>2. Select “File folder” as the thing you want to open</b></p>
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15 <p><b>3. Make a new folder in the file dialog and browse to it</b></p>
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17 <p><b>4. Click OK</b></p>
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19 <p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the empty working folder
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20 you selected. At first, it will have an empty history. You can then
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21 start to add files and commit changes to your files.
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22 <ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul>
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