TortoiseHg

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TortoiseHg
Stable release
6.4.2 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 19 April 2023;2 months ago (19 April 2023)
Written in Python
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Mercurial client
License GNU General Public License
Website foss.heptapod.net/mercurial/tortoisehg/thg/-/wikis/home OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

TortoiseHg is a GUI front-end for Mercurial that runs on Microsoft Windows (on which it integrates directly with File Explorer [2] ), Mac OS X, [3] and Linux. [4]

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It is written in PyQt (except the Windows shell extension), and the underlying client can be used on the command line.

It is often recommended and preferred for working with Mercurial on Windows. [5]

This is a brief list of its features:

It is free software released under the GNU General Public License.

TortoiseHg can be used as a client to a git server. [6] [7]

In June 2020, TortoiseHg moved off of bitbucket [8] when they stopped hosting mercurial projects, and found a new home with heptapod. [9]

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References

  1. Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
  2. "Source Code Control with Git and Mercurial". 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  3. "Install TortoiseHg on Mac OSX". 13 June 2022.
  4. "Index of /Release/Tortoisehg".
  5. http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/87217/why-is-mercurial-considered-to-be-easier-than-git (TortoiseHg is) "a very nice GUI for Mercurial"
  6. Steve Borho and others. "TortoiseHg's documentation: 9.3. hg-git (git)". 2018.
  7. "The Hg-Git mercurial plugin"
  8. "Redirecting to Google Groups".
  9. "Octobus".