Installation#

On Fedora:

$ dnf install mercurial git-remote-hg

On Debian:

$ apt install mercurial mercurial-git

Authentication#

For Mozilla, request an SSH access, for example:

Then add the following entries into ~/.ssh/config:

Host hg.mozilla.org
  User <email>

Host reviewboard-hg.mozilla.org
  User <email>

See Configuring Authentication.

Configuration#

The configuration file is located at ~/.hgrc.

Cloning a repository#

$ hg clone <repository>

Committing Changes#

$ hg commit

Displaying the logs#

$ hg log | less

Creating a Patch#

$ hg export tip > bug-nnnnn.patch

Applying a patch#

$ hg import <patch>

Reverting changes#

$ hg revert --all

Reverting a commit#

$ hg rollback

Cleaning Up Working Directory#

$ hg pull
$ hg update -r ``\ `` -C
$ hg purge

Pulling Changes#

$ hg pull
$ hg update

Pushing Changes#

$ hg push <SSH URL>

Branches#

To list branches:

$ hg branches

To check the current branch:

$ hg identify -b

To checkout a branch:

$ hg checkout <name>

Tags#

To list tags:

$ hg tags

To create a tag:

$ hg tag <name>

To checkout a tag:

$ hg checkout <name>

Migration#

To migrate from Mercurial to Git:

$ git push <new repo> refs/remotes/<old repo>/*:refs/heads/*
$ git push <new repo> refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
$ git push <new repo> :HEAD

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