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Graggle at 00:46, 22 April 2026

2026-04-22T00:46:44Z

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	Mercurial is a version control system, like [[svn\|subversion]] in that it manages changes in your code, but different in that it's designed to be distributed. Git and bazaar are also distributed version control systems. Mercurial is also written in python, which is [http://xkcd.com/353/ cool]. It's built in web interface is also excellent.		Mercurial is a version control system, like [[svn\|subversion]] in that it manages changes in your code, but different in that it's designed to be distributed. Git and bazaar are also distributed version control systems. Mercurial is also written in python, which is [http://xkcd.com/353/ cool]. It's built in web interface is also excellent.

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	You can now look at the changes on the web interface :)		You can now look at the changes on the web interface :)

			[[Category:HowTo]]
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Isaac702: /* Using LDAP instead of the password file */

2011-05-06T12:16:25Z

Using LDAP instead of the password file

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	with		with

	Require user ~~user1 user2~~ (Obviously replace ~~user1 user2~~ with actual usernames etc)		Require user username1 username2 (Obviously replace username1 username2 with actual usernames etc)


	== Cloning the Repo ==		== Cloning the Repo ==

Isaac702 at 20:21, 5 May 2011

2011-05-05T20:21:22Z

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	<pre>		<pre>
			RewriteEngine On
	##################################		##################################
	# Force all access to over https #		# Force all access to over https #
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	RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80		RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
	RewriteRule (.*) https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg		RewriteRule (.*) https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg/


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	Go to whatever computer you want to start writing code on and clone a copy of the repo		Go to whatever computer you want to start writing code on and clone a copy of the repo

	andrew@laptop:~ $ hg clone https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg		andrew@laptop:~ $ hg clone https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg/

	Now I have a copy of the repo on my laptop I can work on. You should [http://mercurial.selenic.com/guide/ read the guide] to see all the commands that are available, but the basics you'll need are hg add and hg commit.		Now I have a copy of the repo on my laptop I can work on. You should [http://mercurial.selenic.com/guide/ read the guide] to see all the commands that are available, but the basics you'll need are hg add and hg commit.
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	== Pushing ==		== Pushing ==

	~~After making~~ changes you can push them back to your repo on RedBrick.		Before you are able to push changes to your repo you will need to specify which users have permission to do so. You will need to add the following lines to the configuration for your repo (~/hgrepo/.hg/hgrc).

			[web]
			allow_push = *

			If you wish to only give certain users permission to push changes to your repo replace * with their usernames.

			Now once you make changes you can push them back to your repo on RedBrick.

	andrew@laptop:~/hg $ hg push		andrew@laptop:~/hg $ hg push

	You can now look at the changes on the web interface :)		You can now look at the changes on the web interface :)

Creadak at 17:32, 12 April 2011

2011-04-12T17:32:55Z

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 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 # Send requests to hgwebdir.cgi, appending the rest of url.
-RewriteRule (.*) hgweb.redbrick.cgi/$1  [QSA,L]
+RewriteRule (.*) index.cgi/$1  [QSA,L]
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    receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) %  chmod 644 /home/member/r/receive/.hgpasswd

Creadak at 17:24, 12 April 2011

2011-04-12T17:24:13Z

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	receive@murphy (~/public_html) % chmod 711 hg		receive@murphy (~/public_html) % chmod 711 hg
	receive@murphy (~/public_html) % cd hg		receive@murphy (~/public_html) % cd hg
	receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % cp /usr/share/doc/mercurial-common/examples/hgweb.cgi .		receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % cp /usr/share/doc/mercurial-common/examples/hgweb.cgi ./index.cgi
	receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 755 ~~hgweb.redbrick~~.cgi		receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 755 index.cgi

	=== Step 2 - Set the repo location ===		=== Step 2 - Set the repo location ===

	Open the ~~hgweb.redbrick~~.cgi in nano (or any other text editor) and on the second to last line replace /YOUR/HOME/DIR/YOUR/REPO with the location of the repo you created. For me, this is /home/member/r/receive/hgrepo - the location will depend on where your home directory is. Optionally, replace "repository name" with something cooler.		Open the index.cgi in nano (or any other text editor) and on the second to last line replace /YOUR/HOME/DIR/YOUR/REPO with the location of the repo you created. For me, this is /home/member/r/receive/hgrepo - the location will depend on where your home directory is. Optionally, replace "repository name" with something cooler.

	=== Step 3 - Set Up htaccess ===		=== Step 3 - Set Up htaccess ===

Elephant: changed filepath for hgweb.cgi

2010-03-23T12:15:10Z

changed filepath for hgweb.cgi

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	receive@murphy (~/public_html) % chmod 711 hg		receive@murphy (~/public_html) % chmod 711 hg
	receive@murphy (~/public_html) % cd hg		receive@murphy (~/public_html) % cd hg
	receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % cp /usr/~~local~~/~~share~~/mercurial/hgweb~~.redbrick~~.cgi .		receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % cp /usr/share/doc/mercurial-common/examples/hgweb.cgi .
	receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 755 hgweb.redbrick.cgi		receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 755 hgweb.redbrick.cgi

Receive: New page: Mercurial is a version control system, like subversion in that it manages changes in your code, but different in that it's designed to be distributed. Git and bazaar are also distr...

2010-01-02T23:24:10Z

New page: Mercurial is a version control system, like subversion in that it manages changes in your code, but different in that it's designed to be distributed. Git and bazaar are also distr...

New page

Mercurial is a version control system, like [[svn|subversion]] in that it manages changes in your code, but different in that it's designed to be distributed. Git and bazaar are also distributed version control systems. Mercurial is also written in python, which is [http://xkcd.com/353/ cool]. It's built in web interface is also excellent.

==Setting Up On RedBrick ==

All the setup needs to be done on murphy, since that's the webserver. After that, you can access your code from anywhere.

First, we need to setup the repo that will contain the code
receive@murphy (~) % hg init hgrepo

Next, we setup the web access...

=== Step 1 - Create the directory, and copy in the python cgi ===
receive@murphy (~) % cd ~/public_html
receive@murphy (~/public_html) % mkdir hg
receive@murphy (~/public_html) % chmod 711 hg
receive@murphy (~/public_html) % cd hg
receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % cp /usr/local/share/mercurial/hgweb.redbrick.cgi .
receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 755 hgweb.redbrick.cgi

=== Step 2 - Set the repo location ===

Open the hgweb.redbrick.cgi in nano (or any other text editor) and on the second to last line replace /YOUR/HOME/DIR/YOUR/REPO with the location of the repo you created. For me, this is /home/member/r/receive/hgrepo - the location will depend on where your home directory is. Optionally, replace "repository name" with something cooler.

=== Step 3 - Set Up htaccess ===

receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % touch .htaccess
receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 644 .htaccess

Open the htaccess file in a text editor.

<pre>
##################################
# Force all access to over https #
##################################

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg

###################################
# Options for rewriting hg access #
###################################

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 443
#write base depending on where the base url lives
RewriteBase /~receive/hg
# Send requests for files that exist to those files.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# Send requests for directories that exist to those directories.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Send requests to hgwebdir.cgi, appending the rest of url.
RewriteRule (.*) hgweb.redbrick.cgi/$1 [QSA,L]

################################
# Options for password control #
################################

AuthType Basic
AuthName "My Mercurial Repo"
AuthUserFile /home/member/r/receive/.hgpasswd
Require valid-user
</pre>

You can use this htaccess file as a sample, but you'll need to make a few changes. The rewrite base should be set to the location on the webserver you created the hg directory. If you've been following the same example names I used it will be ~username/hg

Also, you'll need to set the location you're going to use for your htpasswd file.

=== Step 4: Create the password file ===

receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % htpasswd -c /home/member/r/receive/.hgpasswd receive

This will prompt you to enter your new password twice.

receive@murphy (~/public_html/hg) % chmod 644 /home/member/r/receive/.hgpasswd

== Cloning the Repo ==

Once all this is done you should be able to login at https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~username/hg - of course you won't see any code there yet.

Go to whatever computer you want to start writing code on and clone a copy of the repo

andrew@laptop:~ $ hg clone https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~receive/hg

Now I have a copy of the repo on my laptop I can work on. You should [http://mercurial.selenic.com/guide/ read the guide] to see all the commands that are available, but the basics you'll need are hg add and hg commit.

== Pushing ==

After making changes you can push them back to your repo on RedBrick.

andrew@laptop:~/hg $ hg push

You can now look at the changes on the web interface :)