Contents tagged with Mercurial
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Using hg bisect to hunt down bugs
The “bisect” command in Mercurial (git has it too) is a great way to quickly find which version of your code introduced a bug. This post will show you how to use the bisect command along with handling a small “gotcha” I encountered while using it.
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.hgignore file for IntelliJ IDEA Development
Every time I start a new project in Visual Studio, I almost always put it under Mercurial source control – even a small demo project. If the project becomes serious enough, I’ll create a private repository in Bitbucket and maintain it there. After I initialize my Mercurial repository, the first thing I do is grab Nino’s .hgignore file for Visual Studio. It’s a great time-saver.
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Moving a local Mercurial Repository to Bitbucket
I recently got a new laptop. Part of the migration process was to move a few local Mercurial repositories into Bitbucket. Since these are just “playing around” repositories, they’ll be private, but the beauty of Bitbucket is that you get unlimited private repositories. This allows me to keep all of my little pet projects “up in the cloud” and it’s one less thing to migrate the next time I get a new machine.
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Welcome 2011
About this time last year, I wrote a blog post about how January of 2010 was almost over and I hadn’t done a single blog post. Ugh… History repeats itself.
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Updates to Nino’s .hgignore files for Visual Studio
As I move more of my repositories from SVN to Mercurial, I’m constantly referring to Nino’s sample .hgignore file he provided for Visual Studio developers. I always start with his file but add a few more lines and thought I’d share them here. Start with Nino’s .hgignore file and add the following two lines at the bottom:
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Backing Up with FTP
I finally set aside some time to upgrade to Windows 7. Most everyone else in the office has already upgraded. I was holding out so I could finish up a few client projects and get the Ann Arbor GiveCamp website up and running. Now it’s my turn!