So new to Mercurial

[Michael Smith]

Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail wrote:
> Hi all, I'm glad to be here, mercurial seems pretty nice.
> 
> I need to create a repository, as I am developing personal projects.
> 
> I didn't want to clone or follow the quick-start. I rather learn slowly.
> 
> It's kind of late so I apologise if this is basic.
> 
> I didn't seem to find a tutorial like:
> 
>  
> create new repository
> 
> load new repository
> 
> How do I create a repository from scratch.
> 
> By running hg  init?

Yes.

cd ~/your-project
hg init        #creates .hg directory
hg add         #adds all files in your directory tree to the repository
hg commit -m "my initial delivery"
hg log         # will show one revision
hg manifest    # list files in repository

# also

hg help

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