Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects. Mercurial is available under the GNU GPL.
Where to download kits
The recommended way to install Mercurial on OpenVMS is to install the Portable Python kit, for more information view Download and installation of Python for OpenVMS
How to install Mercurial on OpenVMS
Mercurial is already installed in the Portable Python LD image.
setup a repository
If you want to create your repository in dev:[dir.repository]:
$ @mercurial_root:[vms]setup $! Create the root Mercurial directory $ create/directory dev:[dir.repository]/version=1 $ set default dev:[dir.repository] $! Create the Mercurial repository $ hg init ./ $! Verify the repository $ hg verify checking changesets checking manifests crosschecking files in changesets and manifests checking files 0 files, 0 changesets, 0 total revisions $ $ directory Directory dev:[dir.repository] ^.hg.DIR;1 Total of 1 file. $
Your Mercurial repository is ready 
All files put in the repository must have a record type of STREAM_LF.
