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hg-init:tldr:978af
The command "hg init" is used to initialize a new Mercurial repository in the specified directory. Mercurial is a distributed version control system, which allows you to track changes made to your files over time.
In the command "hg init ${path-to-directory}", "${path-to-directory}" is a placeholder that represents the path to the directory where you want to create the repository. You need to replace "${path-to-directory}" with the actual path to the directory on your system.
For example, if you want to create a repository in the directory "my_project", you would replace "${path-to-directory}" with the actual path to "my_project". The command would then be:
hg init my_project
This command will create a new Mercurial repository in the specified directory, enabling version control for the files within that directory.