==== Summary ====
This page describe the study of Mercurial (henceforth known as //Hg//) as a possible candidate to replace both CVS and Perforce for the %%FreeBSD%% Project.

==== Prerequesites ====
You must have fully read the main [[/VersionControl]] page for a set of requirements and processes currently used by the %%FreeBSD%% Project in its day-to-day operations, from basic VCS usage to release engineering.

==== Hg usage ====
Hg is being used by several FOSS projects and vendors.
  * %%OpenSolaris%% has selected Hg as its main VCS
  * [[http://www.xensource.com/|Xen]] has been using Hg for several months now.
  * Audacious Media Player project switched to Hg recently.
  * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Mozilla]] project will probably switch to Mercurial as their main VCS too.

Some people are now converting entire repositories and exposes them to the world:
  * %%FreeBSD%% has several converted repositories available.
  * The %%FreeBSD%% doc/ tree, is available at an [[http://hg.hellug.gr/doc|alternative location]] too.  Contact: [[/GiorgosKeramidas|GiorgosKeramidas]].
  * pkgsrc, the portable source-based package management used by %%NetBSD%% and available on several OS. Conversion is being handled by cvs20hg.

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