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A bit more Help
author | Chris Cannam |
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date | Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:13:04 +0100 |
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13 <p>To get a copy of the files in a repository, you need to <i>clone</i> the | 13 <p>To get a copy of the files in a repository, you need to <i>clone</i> the |
14 repository from the remote URL into a folder on your own computer. To | 14 repository from the remote URL into a folder on your own computer. To |
15 do this,</p> | 15 do this,</p> |
16 | 16 |
17 <p><b>1. click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p> | 17 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p> |
18 | 18 |
19 <p><center><img src="images/openremote50.png"></center></p> | 19 <p><center><img src="images/openremote50.png"></center></p> |
20 | 20 |
21 <p><b>2. select “Remote Repository” as the thing you want to open</b></p> | 21 <p><b>2. Select “Remote repository” as the thing you want to open</b></p> |
22 | 22 |
23 <p><b>3. enter the repository URL into the URL field</b></p> | 23 <p><b>3. Enter the repository URL into the URL field</b></p> |
24 | 24 |
25 <p><b>4. give the name of a folder on your local computer to clone into</b> – | 25 <p><b>4. Give the name of a folder on your local computer to clone into</b> – |
26 this folder will be created for you, so it shouldn't be one that already | 26 this folder will be created for you, so it shouldn't be one that already |
27 exists</p> | 27 exists</p> |
28 | 28 |
29 <p><b>5. click OK</b></p> | 29 <p><b>5. Click OK</b></p> |
30 | 30 |
31 <p>If the remote repository has restricted access, you may be asked to | 31 <p>If the remote repository has restricted access, you may be asked to |
32 provide a username and password to log in to the server it is hosted | 32 provide a username and password to log in to the server it is hosted |
33 on. If the repository is large, you may have to wait a while for all the | 33 on. If the repository is large, you may have to wait a while for all the |
34 data to be transferred.</p> | 34 data to be transferred.</p> |
35 | 35 |
36 <p>Provided the clone has been successful, you should now have a local | 36 <p>Provided the clone has been successful, you should now have a local |
37 repository to work in.</p> | 37 repository to start working in. |
38 | 38 <ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg clone</b></li></ul> |
39 <hr><p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p> | 39 <hr><p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p> |