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author | Chris Cannam |
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date | Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:40:54 +0100 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README.md Wed Aug 28 17:40:54 2019 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + +EasyMercurial +============= + +EasyMercurial is a user interface for the Mercurial distributed +version control system. + +EasyMercurial is intended to be: + + * simple to teach and to learn + * indicative of repository state using a history graph representation + * recognisably close to normal command-line workflow for Mercurial + * consistent across platforms + +We are not trying to produce "the best" Mercurial client for any one +purpose. We actively encourage users to move on to other clients as +their needs evolve. The aim is simply to provide something accessible +for beginners in small project groups working with a shared remote +repository. + +The application is developed by Chris Cannam for SoundSoftware.ac.uk, +based on the HgExplorer application by Jari Korhonen, and is published +under the GPL. See the file COPYING for license details. + + +Building EasyMercurial +====================== + +EasyMercurial is written in C++ using the Qt5 toolkit. On most +platforms, you can build it by running "qmake" followed by "make". + + +To run EasyMercurial +==================== + +Just run the EasyMercurial application that is produced by the build. +You will also need to have Mercurial installed (version 1.7 or newer). +If you want to use the EasyHg authentication extension, you will also +need PyQt5 (the Python bindings for Qt5); you may also wish to install +the python-crypto library for the password store. Finally, an +external diff/merge utility is required, typically kdiff3. + + +EasyMercurial is +Copyright 2010 Jari Korhonen +Copyright 2010-2013 Chris Cannam +Copyright 2010-2018 Queen Mary, University of London