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hg-clone:tldr:40eed
hg-clone: Clone a repository to a specified directory.
$ hg clone ${remote_repository_source} ${destination_path}
try on your machine
The hg clone ${remote_repository_source} ${destination_path}
command is used to create a local copy or clone of a Mercurial repository from a remote source repository.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
hg clone
: This is the command that instructs Mercurial to clone a repository.${remote_repository_source}
: This is a placeholder for the URL or path of the remote repository that you want to clone. It could be a remote server URL or a local directory path.${destination_path}
: This is a placeholder for the desired location where you want to create the local clone of the repository. It can be either an existing directory or a new directory name.
When you run the command with the appropriate values for ${remote_repository_source}
and ${destination_path}
, Mercurial will connect to the remote repository, fetch all of its history, branches, and files, and create a local copy at the specified destination path. This local copy is initially an exact replica of the remote repository, allowing you to work with it offline and make changes locally.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.