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bos@599: <div class="navheader"><h1 class="booktitle">Mercurial: The Definitive Guide<div class="authors">by Bryan O'Sullivan</div></h1></div>
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bos@598:   <h2>Welcome to Mercurial: The Definitive Guide</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>This is the online home of the book &#8220;Mercurial: The
bos@598:     Definitive Guide&#8221;.  
bos@868:     It was published in 2009 by O'Reilly Media.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@869:   <p><a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial</a> is a
bos@869:     fast, lightweight source control management system
bos@869:     designed for easy and efficient handling of very large distributed
bos@869:     projects.  My book tells you what it is, why you should care, and
bos@869:     how you can use it effectively.</p>
bos@869: 
bos@868:   <h2>Read it online</h2>
bos@868: 
bos@868:   <p>I make the content freely available online: you
bos@868:     can <a href="/read/"><i>read it here</i></a>.  If you like it,
bos@868:     please <a href="#buy">buy a copy</a>!</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>For news updates, please
bos@868:     visit <a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/">my blog</a>.  You
bos@868:     should follow me on
bos@868:     Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/bos31337">here</a>.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@868:   <h2><a name="#buy">How</a> to buy</h2>
bos@868: 
bos@868:   <p>If you like the book, please support the work of the Software
bos@868:     Freedom Conservancy (<a href="#sfc">see below</a>) by buying a
bos@868:     copy.</p>
bos@868: 
bos@868:   <ul>
bos@868:     <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596800673?ie=UTF8&tag=reaworhas-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596800673">Amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=reaworhas-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0596800673" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li>
bos@868:     <li><a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596800673/">O'Reilly Media</a></li>
bos@868:   </ul>
bos@868: 
bos@868:   <h2>You should contribute!</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@683:   <p>I publish the source code for this book
bos@868:     as <a href="http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook">a
bos@683:       Mercurial repository</a>.  Please feel
bos@598:     welcome to clone it, make modifications to your copy, and send me
bos@683:     changes.  Getting a copy of the source takes just a few seconds if
bos@683:     you have Mercurial installed:</p>
bos@683: 
bos@868:   <pre class="screen">hg clone http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook</pre>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>The online version of the book includes a comment system
bos@598:     that you can use to send feedback involving errors, omissions, and
bos@598:     suggestions.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>(If you would like to adapt the comment system for a
bos@598:     publishing project of your own, the source for the web application
bos@599:     is included with the book source at the link above.)</p>
bos@598: 
bos@868:   <h2><a name="sfc">How</a> I help Mercurial and free software, and
bos@868:     you can too</h2>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>Mercurial is a member of the <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, a
bos@598:     wonderful non-profit organisation that offers its member projects
bos@598:     legal and administrative advice.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@868:   <p>I donate my royalties from the sales of this book to the
bos@868:     Software Freedom Conservancy, and I encourage you to support their
bos@868:     work, too.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>The SFC can
bos@598:     accept <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/?donate">accept
bos@598:     donations</a> (tax-free under IRS 501(c)(3), within the United
bos@598:     States) on behalf of its member projects. If you would like to
bos@598:     support Mercurial directly, please consider making a donation to
bos@598:     the SFC on its behalf.</p>
bos@598: 
bos@598:   <p>If you would like to help free software developers to provide
bos@598:     their important public services without being impeded by legal
bos@598:     issues, please consider donating to the SFC's sister organisation,
bos@598:     the <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law
bos@598:     Center</a>.</p>
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