DISTRIBUTED VCS BASICSVictor Haydin

Eleks Software Ltd.

Hg

Centralized VCS (SVN, VSS etc.)

Distributed VCS (Hg, Git etc.)

SVN vs. Hg

•Local WD <-> Remote Rep.

•Linear History

•Painful folder-based branching

•Revisions

•One repository for all projects

•Local WD <-> Local Rep. <-> Remote Rep.

•DAG History

•Easy built-in branching

•Changesets

•One repository per project

Working with local repository

Init

Commit

Update

Revert

Working with remote repository

Clone

Pull

Push

Merge

Other commands/features

Rollback

Backout

Rename

.orig files

.hgignore

Named branches

Local branches

Tags

Q&Ahginit.com

hgbook.red-bean.com