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author Chris Cannam
date Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:30:43 +0100
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5 <h2>I have a folder of source code or documents on my computer and I want to use version control to manage it</h2> 5 <h2>I have a folder of source code or documents on my computer and I want to use version control to manage it</h2>
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7 <p>To start using version control for a project folder, you need to 7 <p>To start using version control for a project folder, you need to
8 initialise a repository there. </p> 8 initialise a repository there. EasyMercurial does this for you when
9 you open the folder.</p>
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10 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p> 11 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p>
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12 <p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p> 13 <p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p>
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14 <p><b>2. Select &ldquo;File folder&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p> 15 <p><b>2. Select &ldquo;File folder&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p>
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16 <p><b>3. Browse to your folder</p> 17 <p><b>3. Browse to your folder</b></p>
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18 <p></b>4. Click OK*</p> 19 <p><b>4. Click OK</b></p>
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20 <p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the working folder you 21 <p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the working folder you
21 selected. It will have an empty history, until you add and commit 22 selected. At first, it will have an empty history. You can then
22 some files. 23 start to add and commit changes to your files.</p>
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25 <p>(You will need to &ldquo;add&rdquo; files before you can start to track changes to
26 them. The default is for all files in the folder to be treated as
27 &ldquo;untracked&rdquo;, i.e. not included in the history.)
23 <ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul> 28 <ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul>
24 <hr><p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p> 29 <hr><p><a href="topics.html">Back to Topics</a></p>