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bos@598: bos@598:This is the online home of the book “Mercurial: The bos@598: Definitive Guide”. bos@598: It will be published in 2009 by O'Reilly Media.
bos@598: bos@598:I make the content freely available bos@598: online. If you like it, please make a note to buy a copy!
bos@598: bos@598:For news updates, please bos@598: visit my blog.
bos@598: bos@598:I publish the source bos@598: code for this book as a Mercurial repository. Please feel bos@598: welcome to clone it, make modifications to your copy, and send me bos@598: changes.
bos@598: bos@598: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.
bos@598: bos@598:(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@598: is included with the book.)
bos@598: bos@598:Mercurial is a bos@598: fast, lightweight source control management system bos@598: designed for easy and efficient handling of very large distributed bos@598: projects.
bos@598: bos@598:Mercurial is a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a bos@598: wonderful non-profit organisation that offers its member projects bos@598: legal and administrative advice.
bos@598: bos@598:I am donating my royalties from the sales of this book (once it is bos@598: published) to the Software Freedom Conservancy, and I encourage bos@598: you to support their work, too.
bos@598: bos@598:The SFC can bos@598: accept accept bos@598: donations (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.
bos@598: bos@598: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 Software Freedom Law bos@598: Center.
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