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Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

Posted Feb 24, 2010 19:14 UTC (Wed) by juliank (subscriber, #45896)
Parent article: Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

It's a Windows-based tutorial (written by someone on Windows), why should I
care about it?


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Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

Posted Feb 24, 2010 19:37 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

...because the commands are the same regardless...?

Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

Posted Feb 24, 2010 19:54 UTC (Wed) by ofeeley (guest, #36105) [Link]

How is it Windows-based? The tutorial concepts apply across the major OSes. It's a good, simple, clear tutorial. That's why you should care.

In any case Spolsky anticipated your criticisms:

"(I know. Between the Windows command prompt and the GOTO statements, I am the least cool programmer who ever lived.)"

Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial

Posted Feb 24, 2010 20:58 UTC (Wed) by roberton (guest, #39680) [Link]

Is this a real question or are you just testing if people can reply without the use of sarcasm?

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