Cloning a Copy of a Mercurial Repository

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Bring up committed files from a specified Mercurial repository to your local machine by downloading a copy of a remote repository.

Cloning a Copy of a Repository Without Authentication Needed

  1. Choose File > Open from Version Control > Mercurial. The Clone dialog box appears.
  2. Enter the address of the remote repository in the URL of Repository field or click the ellipsis button [...] to browse for a local folder.
  3. Enter the directory for the downloaded data in the Destination field, or click the ellipsis button [...] to browse for a local destination folder.
  4. Click OK to start copying or Cancel to dismiss the download.

Cloning a Copy of a Repository That Needs Authentication

If your remote Mercurial repository needs authentication to pull down your data, you need to do it outside the IDE. Mercurial requires logging in based on a user name and password before permitting cloning a remote repository.

To clone your remote repository:

  1. Open the command line tool.
  2. Navigate to the local folder for your repository.
  3. Type the following command:
    hg clone [URL]
  4. Authenticate with your user name and password.
  5. Check that the remote files are in your local repository.

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