Converting from using CVS to hg

[Joachim Schrod]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> 
>  > If I am only compiling and using XEmacs--not contributing code, is
>  > hg still the way I should go?
> 
> Yes.  Because hg is so much better at branching, what you probably
> want to do is to keep a pristine checkout of XEmacs, and a separate
> checkout of your changes.  so the initial clone would look like
> 
> [quick howto on hg usage deleted]

Something like this should go, IMHO, on the Web site, e.g., in 
Develop/hpaccess.html, just like Develop/cvsaccess.html.

It would be a great help to those of us who track the 21.5 
development. Exactly such a recipe gives me the headup to try it 
out and switch from CVS.

	Joachim

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