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First, about mercurial. Mercurial repositories have both a local repository and a remote repository. When you commit, you are making changes to the local repository. To update the remote repository, you have to do a push, which you don’t have rights to do, so '''don’t worry about messing anything up'''! Even if you do something drastic to your own repository, you can revert the changes. | First, about mercurial. Mercurial repositories have both a local repository and a remote repository. When you commit, you are making changes to the local repository. To update the remote repository, you have to do a push, which you don’t have rights to do, so '''don’t worry about messing anything up'''! Even if you do something drastic to your own repository, you can revert the changes. | ||
Here is the link to the official patch submission page. Recommended reading for all. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Getting_your_patch_in_the_tree | |||
===Before You Begin=== | ===Before You Begin=== | ||
You should install and use the '''pbranch''' addon for mercurial. This will help you track changes across multiple directories. | You should install and use the '''pbranch''' addon for mercurial. This will help you track changes across multiple directories. | ||