annotate contrib/win32/postinstall.txt @ 1705:4b5725a4a0a6

add changenav at bottom of page if one reads through the changelog and wants to go to the previous or next page one needs the navigation links at the bottom, not at the top of the page
author Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
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1 Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!
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2 ---------------------------------
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4 For configuration and usage directions, please read the ReadMe.html
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5 file that comes with this package.
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8 Release Notes
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9 -------------
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11 2006-01-29 v0.8
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13 * Upgrade notes:
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15 - diff and status command are now repo-wide by default
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16 (use 'hg diff .' for the old behavior)
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17 - GPG signing is now done with the gpg extension
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18 - the --text option for commit, rawcommit, and tag has been removed
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19 - the copy/rename --parents option has been removed
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21 * Major changes from 0.7 to 0.8:
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23 - faster status, diff, and commit
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24 - reduced memory usage for push and pull
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25 - improved extension API
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26 - new bisect, gpg, hgk, and win32text extensions
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27 - short URLs, binary file handling, and optional gitweb skin for hgweb
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28 - numerous new command options including log --keyword and pull --rev
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29 - improved hooks and file filtering
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32 2005-09-21 v0.7 with modifications
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34 * New INI files have been added to control Mercurial's behaviour:
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36 System-wide - C:\Mercurial\Mercurial.ini
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37 Per-user - C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Mercurial.ini
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39 A default version of the system-wide INI file is installed with
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40 Mercurial. No per-user INI file is installed, but it will be
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41 honoured if you create one.
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43 * Windows line endings are now handled automatically and correctly by
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44 the update and commit commands. See the INI file for how to
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45 customise this behaviour.
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47 * NOTE: Much of the rest of the Mercurial code does not handle Windows
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48 line endings properly. Accordingly, the output of the diff command,
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49 for example, will appear huge until I fix this.
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51 * Packaged text files now have correct Windows line endings.
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56 * This is the first standalone release of Mercurial for Windows.
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58 * I believe it to be mostly functional, with one exception: there is
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59 no support yet for DOS <-> Unix line ending conversion.