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With the Mercurial integration enabled, you can perform basic Mercurial operations from inside WebStorm.

Note

The information provided in the topics listed below assumes that you are familiar with the basics of Mercurial version control system.

In this section:

Prerequisites

  • Mercurial is installed on your computer.
  • The location of the Mercurial executable file is correctly specified on the Mercurial page of the Settings dialog box.
  • Mercurial integration is enabled for the current project root or directory.

If you want to use a remote repository, create a Mercurial hosting account first. You can access the remote repository through a pair of ssh keys or apply the username/password and keyboard interactive authentication methods supported by the Mercurial integration.

Mercurial support

  • When the Mercurial integration with WebStorm is enabled, the Mercurial item appears on the VCS menu, and on the context menus of the Editor and Project views.
  • The project artifacts are highlighted according to their status.
  • Results of modifications show in the Changes tool window.
  • When using the Mercurial integration, it is helpful to open the Version Control tool window. Its Console tab displays the following data:
    • All the commands generated based on the settings you specify through the WebStorm user interface.
    • Information messages concerning the results of executing generated Mercurial commands.
    • Error messages.

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