The document introduces distributed version control systems (DVCS) with a focus on Mercurial. It outlines the benefits of DVCS, such as local repositories, faster commits, and flexibility for varied workflows, as well as discusses terms and concepts related to DVCS operations. The document concludes with a practical walkthrough using TortoiseHg and encourages exploration of forking and collaboration in the DVCS environment.

1. Introduction to
Distributed VCS with
Mercurial

2. Topics
O What is DVCS?
O Why DVCS?
O DVCS Specials
O Walkthrough with Mercurial

3. What is DVCS?
O Repositories everywhere

4. Traditional Centralized VCS

5. Distributed VCS

6. DVCS Example
O Git
O Mercurial

7. Why DVCS?
O Own local repositories!
O Faster commits
O You’re in control!
O Share with others when you want to.

8. Why DVCS?
O Flexibility for Different Workflows
O Different repositories, different purpose

9. Simple Workflow
Stable
Development
Prototype

10. Multi-user workflow

11. Complex Development
Workflow!
Ahmad
QA Team Dev Team
1 1
Boon
RTM Beta Main
Charles
QA Team Dev Team
2 2
Daisy

12. Why DVCS?
O Merging is easier
O Each revision knows its parent(s)
O Three-way merge with common ancestor

13. Why DVCS?
O Own local repositories!
O Flexibility for Different Workflows
O Easier merging

14. World Domination

15. DVCS Specials

16. Terms
O Clone a repo.
Main
Clone Dev
(Main clone)

17. Terms
O Pull commits from a repo.
Main Pull Dev

18. Terms
O Push commits to a repo.
Main Push Dev

19. Terms
O Working Directory - “The changeset I’m
about to commit"

20. Terms
O Update to travel through time!

21. Terms
O Commit creates a revision in repository.

22. Walkthrough
Time to Walk the Talk!
with TortoiseHg / Mercurial

23. One Last Thing…

24. Forking?
O Cloning in the Cloud
O Allow changesets to be sent to
repositories owned by other people

25. Q&A

26. Brain Teaser
O Push/Pull changesets to unrelated
repositories?

27. References
O http://hginit.com/
O http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/
O Mercurial: The Definitive Guide

28. The End
Thank You
And Go, Start Forking!