Mercurial

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope
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First released on April 19, 2005, Mercurial is a version control system for software development. It is supported by Microsoft Windows, macOS X, BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), and Linux. Several popular GUI (graphical user interface) front ends for Mercurial exist, including TortoiseHg, MacHg, SourceTree, Hgk, Murky, MacMercurial, and hgtui. It is used by many major software developers including Facebook, Mozilla, and the W3C.

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