TortoiseHg
Encyclopedia
TortoiseHg is a Mercurial
revision control client, implemented as a Windows Explorer
and Nautilus
shell extension. The underlying client can be used on the command line
. A Mac OS X
port is planned.
This is a brief list of its features:
It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.
Mercurial
Mercurial is a cross-platform, distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is mainly implemented using the Python programming language, but includes a binary diff implementation written in C. It is supported on Windows and Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Linux...
revision control client, implemented as a Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer
This article is about the Windows file system browser. For the similarly named web browser, see Internet ExplorerWindows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface...
and Nautilus
Nautilus (file manager)
Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards....
shell extension. The underlying client can be used on the command line
Command-line interface
A command-line interface is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks...
. A Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
port is planned.
This is a brief list of its features:
- Repository explorer
- Commit dialog
- Support for visual diffDiffIn computing, diff is a file comparison utility that outputs the differences between two files. It is typically used to show the changes between one version of a file and a former version of the same file. Diff displays the changes made per line for text files. Modern implementations also...
/mergeMerge (revision control)Merging in revision control, is a fundamental operation that reconciles multiple changes made to a revision-controlled collection of files. Most often, it is necessary when a file is modified by two people on two different computers at the same time...
tools. - Data miningData miningData mining , a relatively young and interdisciplinary field of computer science is the process of discovering new patterns from large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems...
on repository contents - Seamless support for serving a repository via Mercurial's integrated web interface.
- Repository synchronization
- Intuitive GUI for managing Mercurial settings
It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.
See also
- TortoiseCVSTortoiseCVSTortoiseCVS is a CVS client for Microsoft Windows released under the GNU General Public License. Unlike most CVS tools, it includes itself in Windows' shell by adding entries in the contextual menu of the file explorer, therefore it does not run in its own window...
, a Concurrent Versions SystemConcurrent Versions SystemThe Concurrent Versions System , also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is a client-server free software revision control system in the field of software development. Version control system software keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files, and allows several developers ...
client for the Microsoft Windows platform - TortoiseSVNTortoiseSVNTortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a Microsoft Windows shell extension. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.TortoiseSVN won the SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice Award for Best Tool or Utility for Developers....
, a Subversion client for the Microsoft Windows platform - TortoiseGitTortoiseGitTortoiseGit is a Git revision control client, implemented as a Microsoft Windows shell extension. It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.- See also :...
, a GitGit (software)Git is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on...
client for the Microsoft Windows platform - TortoiseBzr, a similar tool for use with Bazaar