TortoiseHg 0.8

TortoiseHg was designed to be a shell extension that let users of Mercurial SCM (Hg) work directly from MS-Windows Explorer.
What is TortoiseHg?
A Windows shell extension for the Mercurial revision control system, similar to the Tortoise clients for Subversion and CVS. It also includes an hgtk application for command line use on many platforms.
What comes included in the TortoiseHg binary installer for Windows?
Mercurial, kdiff3, TortoisePlink and one bonus extension: hgfold.
How do I fix failed to import extension hgext.hgconfig... warnings?
Upgrading to release 0.7.2 or later should fix these warnings, but there are further complications on Vista. See issue #135.
Why cant I connect to an ssh server (TortoisePlink.exe - "...cannot execute specified..." error message)?
Release 0.7.2 and later include a version of TortoisePlink that does not have extra library dependencies, so upgrading will probably fix this problem. See also ssh.
How can I use Qct with TortoiseHG, after version 0.7?
We recommend that you try the commit tool that comes with TortoiseHg before running back to Qct, but here are the instructions should you decide to stick with ole reliable:
Download and install Qct-1.7-standalone-win32.exe from http://qct.sourceforge.net
Add (or merge) the following into your Mercurial.ini
[extensions]
qct = C:pathtoqct.py
[tortoisehg]
extcommit = qct
[qct]
path = "C:Program Filesqctqct.exe"
Now the HG Commit menu option should launch Qct, and hg qct should work from the command line and hgtk ci should also launch Qct.
In 0.9, hgtk ci will no longer launch Qct. We will drop support for any external commit tools.
How can I use hgk (hg view) with TortoiseHg?
Download tclkit and place it in your TortoiseHg directory. Download the hgk script from the Mercurial repository and place it in your TortoiseHgcontrib directory. Create an hgk.cmd file and place it in TortoiseHgscripts. This file should contain:
@set HG=C:Program FilesTortoiseHghg.exe
@"C:Program FilesTortoiseHgtclkit-win32.exe" "C:Program FilesTortoiseHgcontribhgk" %*
Then enable hgk in your Mercurial.ini file:
[extensions]
hgk =
[hgk]
path=C:Program FilesTortoiseHgscriptshgk.cmd
vdiff=vdiff
This allows you launch hg view from the command line.
How can I use WinMerge as my visual diff tool?
Add these lines to your personal Mercurial.ini file
[extdiff]
cmd.winmerge = C:Program FilesWinMergeWinMerge.exe
opts.winmerge = /e /x /ub /wl
Now run the Global Settings tool. On the TortoiseHg tab, you should see winmerge available in the drop-down list for Visual Diff Command. Select winmerge, apply, then close.
This same approach can be used to add nearly any visual diff tool, but be aware that your diff tool must be able to support directory diffs if it is to be used by TortoiseHg, unless you are using release 0.8 or later.
How can I use Araxis Merge as my visual diff tool?
Add these lines to your personal Mercurial.ini file
[extdiff]
cmd.adiff=C:Program FilesAraxisAraxis Merge v6.5compare.exe
opts.adiff=/wait
Now run the Global Settings tool. On the TortoiseHg tab, you should see adiff available in the drop-down list for Visual Diff Command. Select adiff, apply, then close.
Does TortoiseHg work on Vista?
TortoiseHg 0.8 works well on x86 and x64 versions of Vista and Windows 7.
How can I get the context menus working on 64-bit Vista?
Upgrade to TortoiseHg 0.8
Im a CLI user, how do I disable the shell extensions (overlay icons and context menus)?
If you have TortoiseHg 0.8 or later, you can disable overlays via the taskbar options menu. The only way to disable the context menu is to rename ThgShell.dll in your install directory and then restart explorer (this completely disables the shell extension).
If you have an older TortoiseHg release, run this command with appropriate permissions: regsvr32 /u "C:Program FilesTortoiseHgtortoisehg.dll" Run that command without the /u argument to re-enable the extensions. Both operations take effect after the next reboot.
How is TortoiseHg configured?
TortoiseHg gets configuration settings from two systems.
The Mercurial configuration system, which is three-tiered
Site-wide Mercurial.ini in %ProgramFiles%TortoiseHg
Per-User Mercurial.ini in %UserProfile%
Per-Repository Mercurial.ini in {repo-root}.hghgrc
%APPDATA%Tortoisehg settings for application state (window positions, etc)
These are configurables that are stored the Mercurial configuration system.
[tortoisehg]
extcommit = None
vdiff = vdiff
editor = gvim
tabwidth = 4
longsummary = True
copyhash = False
graphlimit = 500
authorcolor = True
authorcolor.steve = blue
See also Settings, and #50
Is it possible to change fonts?
In some cases, yes. The gtools based dialogs (commit, status, shelve) allow some font configuration.
[gtools]
# font used in changeset viewer and commit log text
fontcomment = courier 10
# font used for diffs in status and commit tools
fontdiff = courier 10
# font used in file lists in status and commit tools
fontlist = courier 9
# make the integrated diff window appear at the bottom or side
# (applies to commit and status dialogs)
diffbottom = False
How do I switch GTK themes?
In 0.7, the theme was selectable at install time. For other releases, (and after install on 0.7) you can still do this manually
cd C:Program FilesTortoiseHgsharethemes (>=0.8, this is gtksharethemes)
look at the themes in this directory, remember their names or keep this folder open.
cd ....etcgtk-2.0
edit gtkrc and change the name of the theme you wish to use
Vista may try to prevent you from editing the file directly. I work around this by copying to your desktop, editing it there, then copying it back (and answering all the security dialogs)
Changes immediately take affect on all newly launched applications
You also should be able to download new themes and copy them into the sharethemes directory and then enable them in your gtkrc.
After uninstalling, it left a bunch of DLL and PYD files behind.
Reboot, like the uninstaller told you to :-) The uninstaller marked those files for removal at the next boot since most of them could not be removed while your system was running.
How can I convert a subversion repository to Mercurial?
You must install svn-win32-1.6 command line tools, then add them to your path. Then you must enable the convert extension. At this point, you should be able to use the hg convert command to do the conversion. Please direct problems/questions about the convert extension to the Mercurial mailing list or #mercurial on irc.freenode.net.
Where do TortoiseHg extensions look for external Python modules on Windows?
TortoiseHg includes an entire Python distribution bundled up as DLLs. The standard library modules are all in the library.zip file in C:Program FilesTortoiseHg.
If you try to use an extension that imports a non-standard Python module, you will find that the extension will fail to load because it cant find the module. For example the ReviewBoard extension imports the simplejson module, which is not part of the standard Python distribution.
In order to make it work you need to add a couple of lines to the top of the extensions .py file, before the line that imports the foreign module:
import sys
sys.path.append(C:pathtomodule)
Note that this will not work for modules distributed as .egg files; the supplied path must contain the modules .py or .pyc files.
How do I fix odd characters in dialog?
In 0.8, we no longer distribute multiple themes and switched default theme to MS-Windows. As a result, it might causes an issue related default font of MS-Windows theme in some environments. In order to fix this issue, add following setting to TortoiseHgs gtkrc file:
style "msw-default"
{
font_name = "MS UI Gothic 9"
}
You can find gtkrc file in your TortoiseHg install directory:
i.e. C:Program FilesTortoiseHggtketcgtk-2.0gtkrc