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author Chris Cannam
date Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:40:54 +0100
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Chris@495 1 {Opening and initialising things}
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Chris@499 3 I have a folder of source code or documents on my computer and I want to use version control to manage them
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Chris@495 5 To start using version control for a project folder, you need to
Chris@496 6 initialise a repository there. EasyMercurial does this for you when
Chris@496 7 you open the folder.
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Chris@495 9 *1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open*
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Chris@495 11 #openfolder50
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Chris@495 13 *2. Select "File folder" as the thing you want to open*
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Chris@495 15 *3. Browse to your folder*
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Chris@495 17 *4. Click OK*
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Chris@495 19 A new repository will be created, stowed into the working folder you
Chris@495 20 selected. At first, it will have an empty history. You can then
Chris@495 21 start to add and commit changes to your files.
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Chris@495 23 (You will need to "add" files before you can start to track changes to
Chris@495 24 them. The default is for all files in the folder to be treated as
Chris@495 25 "untracked", i.e. not included in the history.)
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Chris@495 27 * Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is *hg init*