Mercurial

Course Description

Audience
This course introduces the distributed version control system (DVCS) Mercurial. No programming experience is strictly necessary, though some experience with version management is an asset (either source code or documentation.)
Note: Though the material is appropriate for many contexts, this course is an introduction to Mercurial from a Carmen system implementation perspective (CARMUSR).

Prerequisites
None

Duration
1 day

Course goals
The course gives you a functional understanding of source code management using Mercurial. After completing the course you will be able to:

• Create and manage Mercurial Repositories
• Collaborate in a multi-user/multi-development project
• understand the difference between a Centralized and a Distributed VCS
• use the Mercurial User Guide (redbook)

Course topics

• Brief History of Version Control Systems
  • Centralized Systems
  • Distributed Systems
  • Mercurial (HG) vs. CVS
  • Brief Command Cross-Reference: HG vs. CVS
• Mercurial Concepts
  • Repository
  • Clone
  • Changeset
  • Basic Metafiles (.hgrc, .hgignore)

Each topic includes discussions on common and best practices.

• Single Developer Repository Management
  • Basic HG Commands (add, commit, init, remove, rename, revert, status, tag, tags, update)
• Multi-Developer Environment
  • Shared Repository commands (annotate, clone, heads, incoming, merge, outgoing, pull, push, resolve, tip)
  • Intermediate commands (serve)
• Multi-Site Development Environment
  • Additional Commands (branch, branches)
• Advanced Repository Management (Service Mode)
  • Advanced Commands (import, export)
• Extensions and Utilities
  • transplant, hgk, convert, extdiff
  • tortoise
  • MercurialEclipse

All exercises are done using generic flight data and rule set (Carmen Airlines).