• New repositories are created using the hg init command
  • To create a repository in the current directory
    • hg init
  • To create it at $loc$
    • hg init $loc$
• Once you've created your repository, you'll need to add files to it
  • hg add $file
    • You can add these files one at a time
    • Or you can add them in a group using things like hg add *.ml
    • Don't forget to add the '.system' file.
  • use hg status to see the status of your current directory
    • A stands for added
    • ? stands for not tracked
  • If you want to get rid of all those ?'s, you'll need to write an hgignore file.
    • If you make an hgignore file, make sure you add it to the repository.
  • When you've got all the files added and ready to go, hg commit version 1 of you repository.

If you're not working from scratch (say you've been working on some new idea and already have a local repository for it)

• hg init ~ruml/library/code/ocaml-stable/$repository path$
  • $repository path$ can be a new directory, but it can be only one deep
    • ~ruml/library/code/ocaml-stable/foo will work if foo does not exist
    • ~ruml/library/code/ocaml-stable/foo/bar will not work if foo does not exist
• hg push -r tip ~ruml/library/code/ocaml-stable/$repository path$
  • This pushes the current version to the repository specified, you could use something that is not tip if you'd like.
• Go to the newly created repository
• hg update
• The current build is now in ocaml-stable.