Mercurial
for Windows and Linux
for OS X
Ctrl+Alt+S
Use this page to specify the version control settings to be applied to the directories of your project that are under Mercurial control.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Path to hg executable |
Specify the location of the Mercurial executable file. Enter the path manually, or click the Browse
button  and select the path in the dialog that opens.
If you followed the standard installation procedure, the default location is
It is recommended that you add the path to the Mercurial executable file to the |
| Test | Click this button to verify the path to the Mercurial executable. |
| Control repositories synchronously |
This option only becomes available if you have a multirooted project, i.e. there are several Mercurial repositories
within a single project.
Select this option if you want branch operations (such as |
| Check for incoming and outgoing changesets | Select this option if you want WebStorm to detect incoming and outgoing changes in the background mode. WebStorm will automatically request the server for incoming and outgoing changesets every 5 minutes. |
| Ignore whitespace differences in annotations | Select this check box if you want white spaces to be ignored when annotating, and, thus, get more meaningful annotations and cast out senseless ones. |