Useful Commands for Mercurial

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//Mercurial commands for Terminal
# NOTES: Lines starting with // or # are comments and should not be typed into terminal. 
#For additional help use the wiki at http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ 

//Help for Commands
#<command> help:
$ hg help <command>
or
$ hg <command> - -help


//Standard Commands from add to push (in order)
#add files and folders that contain files to be commited:
$ hg add .
or
$ hg add <filename1, filename2, ...>

#show changes to be commited: 
$ hg status 
 
#commit all added items to the staging area with a detail message:
$ hg commit -m 'add descriptive commit message'
 
#push local repo to remote:
$ hg push


//Setting up a New Repo
# change terminal's directory to that of your local repository folder
$ cd /path/to/folder/of/your/files/
 
#new repository command:
$ hg init <path>
 
#copy repo from an existing repo:
$ hg clone <sourcePath>  [<destinationPath>]


//Misc
#create new branch:
$ hg branch <branchName>
$ hg commit -m "add <branchName> branch"

#change to specific branch:
$ hg update <branchName>