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How to: How to let TortoiseHg (Mercurial) on Windows use the Private Key file generated (by Puttygen)? #dev #answer #programming

How to let TortoiseHg (Mercurial) on Windows use the Private Key file generated (by Puttygen)?

I have used Puttygen to create a public and a private key, and I’m now ready to let TortoiseHg on Windows 7 do a clone by going to

ssh://[email protected]/somecode

but there seems to be no where to add the private key to TortoiseHg? (or even just the Mercurial command line)

The file is…

Fix: How to let TortoiseHg (Mercurial) on Windows use the Private Key file generated (by Puttygen)? #programming #computers #dev

How to let TortoiseHg (Mercurial) on Windows use the Private Key file generated (by Puttygen)?

I have used Puttygen to create a public and a private key, and I’m now ready to let TortoiseHg on Windows 7 do a clone by going to

ssh://[email protected]/somecode

but there seems to be no where to add the private key to TortoiseHg? (or even just the Mercurial command line)

The file is…

Fixed: Store password in TortoiseHg #computers #development #programming

Store password in TortoiseHg

Is there a way to configure TortoiseHg to store my password?

I have a project hosted on Google Code that I access using TortoiseHg. Whenever I want to push changes to Google Code TortoiseHg prompts me for a username and password. Google Code requires me to use an auto-generated password, and it gets quite repetitive to look it up every time.

Answer [by Nicolás]:…

Resolved: How to branch with TortoiseHG #development #programming #fix

How to branch with TortoiseHG

I downloaded TortoiseHg 1.0 for evaluation. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to make a branch. It seems to understand branches (e.g. in its repository browser) but I just can’t seem to find a way to make a branch. This seems like such a fundamental capability since out of the often touted benefits of DVC is the lightweight branching.

I Googled around and…

Fixed How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial? #dev #it #asnwer

How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

I am currently using TortoiseHg (Mercurial) and accidentally committed an incorrect commit message. How do I go about editing this commit message in the repository?

Answer: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

Rollback-and-reapply is realy simple solution, but it can help only with the last commit. Mercurial Queues is much more…

How to: How to branch with TortoiseHG

How to branch with TortoiseHG

I downloaded TortoiseHg 1.0 for evaluation. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to make a branch. It seems to understand branches (e.g. in its repository browser) but I just can’t seem to find a way to make a branch. This seems like such a fundamental capability since out of the often touted benefits of DVC is the lightweight branching.

I Googled around and…

How to: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

I am currently using TortoiseHg (Mercurial) and accidentally committed an incorrect commit message. How do I go about editing this commit message in the repository?

Answer: How to edit incorrect commit message in Mercurial?

Update: Mercurial has added amend which should be the preferred option now.

You can rollback the last commit (but only the…