Top "Dvcs" questions

DVCS stands for Distributed Version Control System.

How to abort a merge in mercurial?

I goofed up a merge. I'd like to revert then try again. Is there a way to revert a merge …

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How to automatically remove all .orig files in Mercurial working tree?

During merges mercurial leaves .orig file for any unresolved file. But after manually resolving problems and marking a file correct …

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How do I keep an svn:external up to date using git-svn?

Treating my repository as a SVN repo, I get: svn co http://myrepo/foo/trunk foo ... foo/ bar/ baz/ -&…

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How to set up Git bare HTTP-available repository on IIS

My server already runs IIS on TCP ports 80 and 443. I want to make a centralized "push/pull" Git repository available …

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creating a new branch in mercurial: "abort: push creates new remote head"

I am trying to do something very simple: create a new branch. But I messed up. Where did I make …

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Mercurial error: repository is unrelated

I've just started with Mercurial, I have a 'central' repository on Bitbucket which I cloned onto one machine and made …

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Merging: Hg/Git vs. SVN

I often read that Hg (and Git and...) are better at merging than SVN but I have never seen practical …

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Why doesn't git commit -a add new files?

I'm a bit new to git, and I fail to understand why git commit -a only stages changed and deleted …

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What do people think of the fossil DVCS?

fossil http://www.fossil-scm.org I found this recently and have started using it for my home projects. I want …

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How do I manage large art assets appropriately in DVCS?

Is there any good way to handle large assets (i.e. 1000's of images, flash movies etc.) with a DVCS …

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