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HgVS

HgVS

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Mercurial Source Control plug-in for Visual Studio. Integrates key Mercurial functionality and adds powerful features to the Visual Studio interface such as Diff Margin – which highlights the lines of a file that have changed since the last commit and can roll back sections of...
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HgVS is no longer supported.

Installation:

Must perform these steps to complete installation!

  1. Download and install TortoiseHg.
  2. Download the VSIX package for HgVS and open to install.
  3. Start Visual Studio and go to Tools | Options.
  4. Select Source Control.
  5. Select HgVS from the drop down list, and click OK.

Key Features:

  • Mercurial control -- create repositories, switch branches, and commit changes all from within Visual Studio.
  • Diff margin -- displays a color-coded bar in the margin of each file to highlight sections of code that have changed since previous commits.  You can perform roll-backs on sections of code instead of the entire file.

  • File status icons -- quickly see if a file has been modified or added to your repository from within Visual Studio's solution explorer.

  • Compare Last Commit -- opens the previous version of the file side-by-side and highlights the differences.

 

Help and Support:

Sorry, HgVS is no longer supported.

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