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Add back/forward/home to Help window, and some Help edits
author | Chris Cannam |
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date | Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:46:06 +0100 |
parents | fb95d70c80d5 |
children | b3309be1640f |
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--- a/help/topics/12.txt Mon Aug 22 15:19:00 2011 +0100 +++ b/help/topics/12.txt Mon Aug 22 18:46:06 2011 +0100 @@ -1,16 +1,22 @@ {Opening and initialising things} -I have a Mercurial repository on my local computer and I want to use it with EasyMercurial +I want to start a completely new project using version control -Just open it: +To start using version control for an initially empty project, just +initialise a repository in an empty folder: *1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open* -#openlocal50 +#openfolder50 -*2. Select "Local repository" as the thing you want to open* +*2. Select "File folder" as the thing you want to open* -*3. Browse to the working folder for your local repository* +*3. Make a new folder in the file dialog and browse to it* *4. Click OK* +A new repository will be created, stowed into the empty working folder +you selected. At first, it will have an empty history. You can then +start to add and commit changes to your files. + + * Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is *hg init*